List of works on intelligent design
This is a list of works addressing the subject or the themes of intelligent design.
Non-fiction
Supportive non-fiction
Supportive non-fiction books
- Michael J. Behe. Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, New York: Free Press, 1996.
- Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski, Stephen C. Meyer. Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe , Ignatius Press 2000,
- Michael J. Behe, The Edge of Evolution, Free Press, June 5, 2007,
- David Berlinski. The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions, Basic Books; Reprint edition, 2009,
- Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins 1989
- William A. Dembski. Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology, InterVarsity Press 1999.
- William A. Dembski, James M. Kushiner. Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design, Brazos Press, 2001,
- William A. Dembski, John Wilson. , ISI Press, 2004.
- William A. Dembski and Jonathan Wells, The Design of Life, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, November 19, 2007.
- William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design. Inter Varsity Press. 2004,
- William A. Dembski, The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities , Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- William A. Dembski, The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Intelligence in Biological Systems, ISI Distributed Titles; 1st edition
- William A. Dembski and Sean McDowell, Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language
- William A. Dembski, Intelligent Design Uncensored: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Controversy, IVP Books, 2010
- James H. Feldstein, Intelligent Design?
- Antony Flew. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, HarperOne, 2008,
- Steve Fuller. Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. Polity Books. 2007,.
- Steve Fuller. Dissent Over Descent: Evolution's 500-year War on Intelligent Design. Icon Books Ltd. 2008,
- James Gills. Darwinism Under The Microscope: How recent scientific evidence points to divine design, Charisma House, 2002,
- Werner Gitt. In the Beginning Was Information: A Scientist Explains the Incredible Design in Nature, Master Books, 2006,
- Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay Richards, The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery Regnery Publishing 2006
- Cornelius G. Hunter,. Darwin's God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil, Brazos Press.
- Phillip E. Johnson. Darwin on Trial, Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1991.
- Phillip E. Johnson. Defeating Darwinism by opening minds, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
- Phillip E. Johnson. Evolution as dogma: the establishment of naturalism, Dallas, Tex.: Haughton Pub. Co., 1990
- Stephen C. Meyer, Scott Minnich, Jonathan Moneymaker, Paul A. Nelson, and Ralph Seelke,, Hill House Publishers Pty. Ltd., Melbourne and London, 2007,.
- Stephen C. Meyer. Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. New York: HarperOne
- Stephen C. Meyer. Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design. New York: HarperOne
- Bradley Monton. Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design, Broadview Press; 1 edition, 2009,
- J. P. Moreland. The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer, IVP Books, 1994,
- Robert G. Neuhauser. The Cosmic Deity: Where Scientists and Theologians Fear to Tread, Mill Creek Publishers, 2004,
- Denyse O'Leary, By Design or By Chance? The Growing Controversy on the Origins of Life in the Universe, Augsburg Books, June 2004,
- Mark Ludwig. Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses, Amer Eagle Pubns Inc, 1993,
- Dean L. Overman, A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997,
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- Michael Denton. Evolution: A Theory In Crisis, Adler & Adler; 3rd edition, 1986,
- Michael Denton. Nature's Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe , 2002
- Michael Pitman. Adam and Evolution, Rider & Co; First Edition, 1984,
- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Life Comes From Life, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
- Rael. Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers, Nova Distribution, 2006,
- Fazale Rana. The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry, Baker Books, 2008,
- Hugh Ross. Beyond the Cosmos, Signalman Publishing, 2010,
- Hugh Ross. Why the Universe is the Way it Is, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2008,
- John C. Sanford. Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome, Feed My Sheep Foundation, Inc, 2008,
- Geoffrey Simmons, William Dembski. What Darwin Didn't Know, Harvest House Publishers, 2004,
- Philip Snow. Design and Origin of Birds, Day One Publications, 2006,
- Lee Strobel. The Case for a Creator, Zondervan, 2004,
- David Swift. Evolution Under the Microscope, Leighton Academic Press, 2002,
- Charles Thaxton and Walter Bradley. The Mystery of LIfe's Origin: Reassessing Current Theories, Philosophical Library, January 19, 1984,
- Thomas E. Woodward. Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design, Baker Books, 1993,
Supportive non-fiction anthologies
- John Angus Campbell, Stephen C. Meyer ed. Darwinism, Design and Public Education, Michigan State University Press, December 2003,
- * John Angus Campbell
- * PART I—Should Darwinism Be Presented Critically and Comparatively in the Public Schools? Philosophical, Educational, and Legal Issues
- **Intelligent Design, Darwinism, and the Philosophy of Public Education, John Angus Campbell
- ** Intelligent Design Theory, Religion, and the Science Curriculum, Warren A. Nord
- ** David DeWolf, Stephen C. Meyer, and Mark E. DeForrest
- *PART II—Scientific Critique of Biology Textbooks and Contemporary Evolutionary Theory
- **, Stephen C. Meyer and Michael Newton Keas
- **, David Berlinski
- **Haeckel's Embryos and Evolution: Setting the Record Straight, Jonathan Wells
- ** , Jonathan Wells
- **Where Do We Come From? A Humbling Look at the Biology of Life's Origin, Massimo Pigliucci
- **, Gordon C. Mills, Malcolm Lancaster, and Walter L. Bradley
- *PART III—The Theory of Intelligent Design: A Scientific Alternative to Neo-Darwinian and/or Chemical Evolutionary Theories
- ** , Stephen C. Meyer
- **Design in the Details: The Origin of Biomolecular Machines, Michael J. Behe
- **, Paul Nelson and Jonathan Wells
- **, Stephen C. Meyer, Marcus Ross, Paul Nelson, and Paul Chien
- **Reinstating Design within Science, William A. Dembski
- *PART IV—Critical Responses
- **The Rhetoric of Intelligent Design: Alternatives for Science and Religion, Celeste Michelle Condit
- **Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity: A Rejoinder, David Depew
- **Biochemical Complexity: Emergence or Design? Bruce H. Weber
- **, Massimo Pigliucci
- ** On Behalf of the Fool, Michael Ruse
- **Rhetorical Arguments and Scientific Arguments: Do My Children Have to Listen to More Arguments against Evolution? Eugene Garver
- **Design? Yes! But Is It Intelligent? William Provine
- **Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal, Alvin Plantinga
- **Thinking Pedagogically about Design, John Lyne
- **An Intelligent Person's Guide to Intelligent Design Theory Steve Fuller
- ** The Rhetorical Problem of Intelligent Design, Phillip E. Johnson
- *Appendixes
- **A.
- **B. , Donald Kennedy
- **C. Stratigraphic First Appearance of Phyla-Body Plans
- **D. Stratigraphic First Appearance of Phyla-Subphyla Body Plans
- **E. Probability of Other Body Plans Originating in the Cambrian Explosion
An anthology of papers from the November 1996 conference of the same name, sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries.
- *Introduction, William Dembski
- *Part 1,"Unseating Naturalism," Walter Bradley, Jonathan Wells
- *Part 2, "Design Theory," Nancy Pearcey, William Dembski, Steve Meyer, Paul Nelson
- *Part 3, "Biological Design," Michael Behe, Siegfried Scherer, Sigrid Hartwig-Scherer, Jeff Schloss
- *Part 4, "Philosophy and Design," J.P. Moreland, Del Ratzsch, John Mark Reynolds, Bill Craig
- *Part 5, "Design in the Universe," Hugh Ross, Robert Kaita, David Berlinski, Robert Newman
- *Concluding essays, Phillip E. Johnson, Bruce Chapman
Supportive non-fiction papers and articles
- Michael Behe.
- William A. Dembski.
- William A. Dembski.
- Dr. Weldon Vlasak.
Supportive non-fiction films
- The Privileged Planet
- Unlocking the Mystery of Life
- Darwin's Dilemma
- The Information Enigma
- Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies
- Flight: The Genius of Birds
- Living Waters: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth
Neutral non-fiction
Neutral non-fiction books
- David L. Bender. Science and Religion; Opposing Viewpoints. St. Paul, Minnesota: Greenhaven Press.
- Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini. What Darwin Got Wrong. Picador; Reprint edition
- Stanley Salthe. Development and Evolution: Complexity and Change in Biology. The MIT Press.
- James A. Shapiro. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century.
- Robert Shapiro. Origins; A Skeptic's Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth. New York, N.Y.: Summit
- David Stove. Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity and Other Fables of Evolution.
- Norman Macbeth. Darwin Retried. Boston: Harvard Common Press
- Duane Thurman. How To Think About Evolution. Downers Grove, Illinois: The InterVarsity Press.
- Hubert Yockey. Information Theory, Evolution, and The Origin of Life. Cambridge University Press; Reissue edition.
- Amit Goswami. Creative Evolution: A Physicist's Resolution Between Darwinism and Intelligent Design. Quest Books; 1st Quest Ed edition.
- Bernard Haisch. The Purpose-Guided Universe: Believing In Einstein, Darwin, and God. New Page Books; 1 edition.
- Robert G. B. Reid. Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis. Cornell Univ Pr.
- Ervin Laszlo. Evolution: The Grand Synthesis. Shambhala.
- Paul Davies. Cosmic Jackpot The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?.
- James Le Fanu. Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves. Pantheon.
- Richard Milton. Shattering the Myths of Darwinism. Park Street Press.
- Francis Hitching. The Neck of the Giraffe or Where Darwin Went Wrong. Signet.
- Gordon Rattray Taylor. The Great Evolution Mystery. Publisher Abacus.
- Brian Goodwin. How the Leopard Changed its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity. Princeton University Press.
- Lee Spetner. Not by Chance!: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution. Judaica Press.
- Albert Low. The Origin of Human Nature: A Zen Buddhist Looks at Evolution. Sussex Academic Pr.
- Carl Johan Calleman. The Purposeful Universe: How Quantum Theory and Mayan Cosmology Explain the Origin and Evolution of Life. Bear & Company.
- Michael Corey. The God Hypothesis: Discovering Design in Our Just Right Goldilocks Universe. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- George Greenstein. The Symbiotic Universe: Life and mind in the Cosmos. Morrow.
- James N. Gardner. Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution: Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe. Inner Ocean Publishing.
- Mae-Wan Ho. Beyond Neo-Darwinism: An Introduction to the New Evolutionary Paradigm. Academic Pr.
- Johnjoe McFadden. Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery. W. W. Norton and Company.
Neutral non-fiction anthologies
- Robert Pennock ed. Intelligent Design Creationism and its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives, MIT Press.
- Intelligent Design Creationism's "Wedge Strategy"
- # , by Barbara Forrest
- Johnson's Critique of Evolutionary Naturalism
- # , by Phillip E. Johnson
- # , by Robert T. Pennock
- # by Phillip E. Johnson
- # , by Robert T. Pennock
- A Theological Conflict?: Evolution vs. the Bible
- # , by Alvin Plantinga
- # , by Howard J. Van Till
- # , by Ernan McMullin
- # , by Alvin Plantinga
- Intelligent Design's Scientific Claims
- # , by Michael J. Behe
- # , by Philip Kitcher
- # Biology Remystified: The Scientific Claims of the New Creationists, by Matthew J. Brauer & Daniel R. Brumbaugh
- # , by Alvin Plantinga
- # , by Michael Ruse
- # , by Evan Fales
- # , by Branden Fitelson & Elliott Sober
- Intelligent Design Creationism vs. Theistic Evolutionism
- # , by Phillip E. Johnson
- #Phillip Johnson on Trial: A Critique of His Critique of Darwin, by Nancey Murphy
- # , by Arthur Peacocke
- # The Creation: Intelligently Designed or Optimally Equipped?, by Howard J. Van Till
- # , by Roy Clouser
- Intelligent Design and Information
- # , by Phillip E. Johnson
- # , by Richard Dawkins
- # , by George C. Williams
- # , by William A. Dembski
- # , by Peter Godfrey-Smith
- # , by Branden Fitelson, Christopher Stephens & Elliott Sober
- # , by Richard Dawkins
- Intelligent Design Theorists Turn the Tables
- # , by William A. Dembski
- # , by Robert T. Pennock
- # , by Stephen Jay Gould
- # , by Paul A. Nelson
- # Appealing to Ignorance Behind the Cloak of Ambiguity, by Kelly C. Smith
- # , by Stephen Jay Gould
- Creationism and Education
- # , by Robert T. Pennock
- # Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal, by Alvin Plantinga
- # Reply to Plantinga's 'Modest Proposal', by Robert T. Pennock
- Michael Ruse and William Dembski Debating Design. New York: Cambridge University Press,
- *, by William Dembski and Michael Ruse
- :The argument from design: a brief history Michael Ruse
- : Who's afraid of ID?: a survey of the intelligent design movement Angus Menuge
- * Part I. Darwinism:
- :1 Francisco J. Ayala
- :2 Kenneth Miller
- :3 Elliott Sober
- :4 Robert T. Pennock
- *Part II. Complex Self-Organization:
- :5. Stuart Kauffman
- : 6. David Depew and Bruce Weber
- : 7. Emergent complexity, teleology, and the arrow of time Paul Davies
- : 8. The emergence of biological value James Barham
- *Part III. Theistic Evolution:
- :9. Darwin, design and divine providence John Haught
- : 10. The inbuilt potentiality of creation John Polkinghorne
- : 11. Theistic evolution Keith Ward
- : 12. Intelligent design: some geological, historical and theological questions Michael Roberts
- : 13. The argument from laws of nature reassessed Richard Swinburne
- * Part IV. Intelligent Design:
- :14. William Dembski
- : 15. Information, entropy and the origin of life Walter Bradley
- : 16. Irreducible complexity: obstacle to darwinian evolution Michael Behe
- : 17. The cambrian information explosion: evidence for intelligent design, Stephen Meyer.
Neutral non-fiction papers and articles
- Bird, Wendell R. The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 87, No. 3, Jan, 1978
- Bird, Wendell R. "Freedom From Establishment and Unneutrality in Public School Instruction and Religious School Regulation." Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 2, June 1979, pp. 125–205
- Ankerberg, John. .
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- Staune, Jean. Institutional Affiliation: General Secretary, Université Interdiciplinare de Paris
- Burian, Richard. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Richard Milton. Times Higher Education Supplement, 1995
- Edward Goldsmith. The Ecologist Vol. 20 No. 2, March–April 1990
Critical non-fiction
Critical non-fiction books
- Richard Dawkins. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, W. W. Norton & Company.
- Richard Dawkins. The God Delusion, Houghton Mifflin.
- Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross. , Oxford University Press.
- Ernst Mayr. One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern Evolutionary Thought, Harvard University Press.
- Kenneth R. Miller. Finding Darwin's God, HarperCollins.
- National Academy of Sciences. , National Academies Press.
- Chris Mooney. The Republican War on Science, Basic Books.
- Robert Pennock. Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism, MIT Press.
- Mark Perakh. Unintelligent Design, Prometheus.
- Andrew J. Petto, Laurie R. Godfrey. Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism, W. W. Norton.
- Massimo Pigliucci. Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science, Sinauer Associates, Incorporated.
- Niall Shanks. God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory, Oxford University Press.
- Robyn Williams. Unintelligent Design, Why God isn't as smart as she thinks she is, Allen & Unwin.
- Matt Young, Taner Edis eds. Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism, Rutgers University Press.
- Joan Roughgarden Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist Island Press
- Francis Collins The Language of God Free Press
Critical non-fiction anthologies
- * Foreword by Bill Nye the Science Guy
- * 1. The Once and Future Intelligent Design, by Eugenie C. Scott
- * 2. Analyzing "Critical Analysis", by Nicholas J. Matzke and Paul R. Gross
- * 3. Theology, Religion, and Intelligent Design, by Martinez Hewlett and Ted Peters
- * 4. From the Classroom to the Courtroom: Intelligent Design and the Constitution, by Jay D. Wexler
- * 5 When the Classroom Door Closes, Who Teaches Evolution?, by Brian Alters
- * 6 Defending the Teaching of Evolution, by Glenn Branch and the staff of the National Center for Science Education
- * Afterword by Rev. Barry W. Lynn
Critical non-fiction papers and articles
- Frederick C. Crews. , The New York Review of Books, Vol 48, No 15.
- Frederick C. Crews. , The New York Review of Books, Vol 48, No 16.
- Robert Pennock. . In Ruse, Michael and William Dembski Debating Design. New York: Cambridge University Press,
- Robert Pennock. Critique of Philip Johnson. In Parsons, Keith The Science Wars: Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology. Prometheus Press.
- Robert Pennock. . Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics.
- Robert Pennock. Science & Education
- Robert Pennock. . In Reports of the National Center for Science Education.
- Robert Pennock. Lions and Tigers and APES, Oh My!: Creationism vs. Evolution in Kansas. Science Teaching & The Search for Origin: Kansas Teach-In. AAAS Dialogue on Science and Religion.
- Robert Pennock. . Metanexus
- Robert Pennock. . Science & Spirit
- Robert Pennock. . Books and Culture
- Robert Pennock. The Prospects for a Theistic Science. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
- Robert Pennock. Creationism's War on Science. Environmental Review
- Robert Pennock. Naturalism, Creationism and the Meaning of Life: The Case of Phillip Johnson Revisited. Creation/Evolution
- Robert Pennock. Reply to Johnson - Johnson's Reason in the Balance. Biology & Philosophy
- Robert Pennock. Naturalism, Evidence and Creationism: The Case of Phillip Johnson. Biology and Philosophy
Critical non-fiction films
- Flock of Dodos A biting, tongue-in-cheek documentary that pans both sides of the debate.
- ', a Public Broadcasting Service NOVA television documentary about the Kitzmiller v. Dover federal trial
- ' is a 49-minute BBC Horizon television documentary about intelligent design, including the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover court battle. It prominently features Oxford University professor, biologist Richard Dawkins. It was first broadcast on 26 January 2006. Intelligent design supporters and promoters Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, Stephen C. Meyer and William A. Dembski also appear in the documentary.
Fiction
- Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer. 2000. A science fiction novel in which an intelligent designer is manipulating reality solely for the benefit of human-kind and three other sentient species residing in our galaxy.
- '; in the movie, human evolution is accelerated and guided by an unspecified force, assumed by many to be aliens. In the, human evolution is accelerated and guided by aliens.
- In the Doctor Who episode Image of the Fendahl, evolution on Earth was guided by an alien, to allow it to feed on humans.
- The novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus prominently features an intelligently designed creature, whose faults stem from the inherent flaws of its creator, Victor Frankenstein.
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reveals that the Earth was built by the Magratheans who were commissioned by mice and designed by the computer Deep Thought to find the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
- In the movie Mission to Mars, highly evolved aliens accelerated and guided human evolution.
- Rama Revealed by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee; in this final novel of a series, it is revealed that the Ramans create universes and test their inhabitants in an attempt to maximise the quantity of consciousness within them.
- According to the ' episode The Chase, Star Trek aliens all look similar because life was seeded on different planets by highly evolved aliens.
- In the Well World series, by Jack L. Chalker, aliens known as Markovians evolved and grew to the point where their computers, by means of a universal mathematics, were able to create/produce/do anything they wanted. Bored with being virtual gods, they decided their race had been flawed in some manner. So they designed a new universe and Markovian volunteers chose to become all of the new races therein, including humans, to see if perhaps another race could attain the perfection they believed existed but which they themselves failed to achieve.
- References the mathematical calculation of the improbability of life.
- "Surface Tension" is a 1952 science fiction short story by James Blish. A human colonization ship crash-lands and they genetically engineer their descendants into something that can survive. They create a race of microscopic aquatic humanoids and metal plates of knowledge for them. Blish coined the term pantropy to refer to this concept, as opposed to terraforming.
- "Microcosmic God" is a 1941 science fiction novelette by Theodore Sturgeon. A scientist develops a synthetic life form, which he calls "Neoterics", that live at a greatly accelerated rate and produce many generations over a short time so he can use their inventions. The scientist asserts his authority by killing half the population whenever they disobey his "divine" orders.
- Prometheus is a 2012 science fiction film that follows the journey of the Earth spaceship Prometheus as it follows an ancient star map which takes them to humanity's creators or "Engineers".