The expanded edition covers the
history of creationism from the time of
Charles Darwin to 2006. It first describes early opposition during Darwin's lifetime, then
George Frederick Wright's conversion from Christian
Darwinist to Fundamentalist opponent and how creationism influenced the
Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy and the rise of prominent populist creationists such as
William Jennings Bryan. It then narrates the careers of two early, self-taught, 'scientific' creationists; the
old Earth creationist Harry Rimmer, and the
young Earth flood geologist George McCready Price. It then chronicles the growth of creationist organisations in the mid 20th century, such as the Religion and Science Association, the Deluge Geology Society, the
Evolution Protest Movement (in the United Kingdom), and the
American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), the latter moving almost immediately in the direction of
theistic evolution. The book then narrates the young Earth creationist backlash against the ASA's modernism, with
Henry M. Morris and
John C. Whitcomb, Jr.'s publication of
The Genesis Flood (1961) and the forming of the
Creation Research Society, which created the
creation science movement. It continues with Morris' founding of the
Institute for Creation Research and the
Seventh-day Adventist Church's founding of the
Geoscience Research Institute. The book then describes the influence of creationism in churches and in countries outside the United States, and the rise of the
intelligent design movement, before concluding with a chapter on creationism's global impact. Creationists mentioned in the book include
George Frederick Wright,
Louis Agassiz,
John William Dawson, George D. Armstrong, Reverend Herbert W. Morris,
Charles Hodge,
Robert Lewis Dabney,
Dwight L. Moody, H. L. Hastings, Luther T. Townsend, Alexander Patterson, Robert Patterson,
Eleazar Lord, David Lord,
James Dwight Dana. ==Reception==