"The Creationists" - by Ronald L. Numbers

[USIncognito]

One of the most fascinating books I've read on Creationism/evolution had nothing to do with the evidences for either, but was a historical survey of the Creationist movement starting with the anti-Darwinists in the mid-1800s, working it's way through the "Godfather" of modern Creationism - 7th Day Adventist George McCready Price, leading up to the late 1980s with the Evangelicals of the ICR and CRS basically hijacking Price's arguments and recasting them without Adventist language.

IIRC (my copy is in my car and I'm in my apartment) was printed in 1992, and I purchased my copy in 1996, but the observations offered about Creationism and it's response to evolution in the 1880s, 1920s and 1960s sound awfully familiar to the same arguments I see posted to the Internet today. About the only thing Creationists are likely to post are ID based since the "Wedge Strategy" hadn't been formulated when the book was written.

There are reviews on Amazon.com and I'm sure other places if you can't get access to a copy, but while Numbers' slant is obvious, it's amazingly unbiased look at the Creationist movement that I'd recommend for people on either side of the debate.

Anyone else read it?

[Cathar1950]

I ordered all the books from My local lib. system. I found a number of books by Ronald L. Numbers and Jared Diamond. Cool, reading is fun.

[USIncognito]

BTW, I enjoyed Jared Diamond's "The Third Chimp".

When I was reading reviews on Amazon.com they were offering Third Chimp and Collapse in a package discount. I long ago misplaced my password and clue and wasn't able to order it, but are on my list.