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Forrest and Gross expose the scientific failure, the religious essence, and the political ambitions of "intelligent design" creationism, highlighting its threat to public education and to the separation of church and state.
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Describing the purveyors of intelligent design theory as pushing an "intellectual seduction phenomenon," Forrest (philosophy, Southeastern U.) and Gross (a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) describe the educational agenda of neo-creationists intent on overthrowing "the system of rules and procedures of modern science" and its "naturalistic methodology" with theistic science. Taking the title of their book from a report released in the creationist Access Research Network website, they describe how the Wedge's strategy is to change public school curricula by replacing the teaching of evolution with the creationist idea of intelligent design. They further link the intelligent design movement to the U.S.'s extreme religious right. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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