The controversial book that rocked the scientific establishment! Why? It shows that the theory of evolution is based not on fact but on faith--faith in philosophical naturalism. Phillip Johnson argues courageously that there simply is no vast body of empirical data supporting the theory.
In this new edition Johnson responds to critics f the first edition, including Stephen Jay Gould, and also expands the material in chapter five.
With the intrigue of a mystery and the gripping detail of a court trial, Johnson takes readers through the evidence with the lawyer's skill he learned as a Berkeley professor of law specializing in the logic of arguments.
Editorial Reviews
"Darwin on Trial is unquestionably the best critique of Darwinism I have ever read. Professor Johnson combines a broad knowledge of biology with the incisive logic of a leading legal scholar to deliver a brilliant and devastating attack on the whole edifice of Darwinian belief." --Michael Denton, molecular biologist and author of Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
"Shows just how Darwinian evolution has become an idol." --Alvin Plantinga, University of Nortre Dame
"Calm, comprehensive, and compellingly persuasive." --Richard John Neuhaus, editor, First Things
About the Author
Phillip E. Johnson is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago. He was a law clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren and has taught law for over twenty years at the University of California at Berkeley.
