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Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds

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1997
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© 1997 by Phillip E. Johnson
To Roberta and Howard,
who understood "the wedge"
because they love
the Truth
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 01-Jan-1997
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1997
Pages*:
131
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576
ISBN:
0-830-81360-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-830-81360-5
Country:
United States
Language:
English
With all of the complicated debate swirling around the topic of evolution, is there an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying?  Philip Johnson says there is: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits.  Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details.

In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson exposes the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism.  Defeating Darwinism provides a new a powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers.  Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory; but to defeat it the right way - by opening minds to the truth.

Praise for Phillip Johnson's work:
"Phillip Johnson is our age's clearest thinker on the issue of evolution and its impact on society.  Quickly cutting through the technical brush, Johnson goes straight to the logical foundations of the controversy and exposes the fallacies propping up the decaying edifice of Darwinism."
MICHAEL BEHE author of Darwin's Black Box

"[Johnson's] brilliant analysis shows how Darwinst assumptions underlie current controversies in ethics, law, education and public policy."
CHARLES COLSON

"Phillip Johnson is an author who is siply to be read, and closely studied, by all who wish to understand the forces that actually govern the intellectual world in the United States today."
DALLAS WILLARD Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California

Phillip E. Johnson is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States Supreme Court and has taught law for thirty years at the University of California at Berkley.
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My mother gave me this book when I lived in Mississippi.  I read this in the basement of the Secretary of State's office in Jackson on my lunch breaks.

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Phillip E Johnson  
Birth: 18 Jun 1940 Aurora, IL
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From the back cover of Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds:

Phillip E. Johnson is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago.  He was a law clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States Supreme Court and has taught law for thirty years at the University of California at Berkley.

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