National Center for Science Education
“In Species of Origins: America’s Search for a Creation Story, two professors at Eastern Nazarene College, Karl W. Giberson (physics) and Donald A. Yerxa (history), have taken on the admirable task of creating an accessible introduction to the religious and scientific debates that have structured the American popular understanding of evolution and creationism over the past thirty years.”
Jeffrey P. Moran
ISIS, publication of the History of Science Society; March 2004, v.95 n.1
“Specialists in the various disciplines they survey will, to be sure, blanch at the authors’ discussions of such complex topics as the physics associated with the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang and the origin of life on earth, but the non-specialist will at least be exposed to important concepts...The great strength in this book rests in the authors’ decision to take the continuing evolution/creation debate seriously. They thus accept that any study of this topic must take the various components of the debate seriously, as well. Readers who want a balanced account of the various modes of anti-evolution sentiment of the past half century will find in Species of Origins a valuable introduction to an intriguing cultural phenomenon.”
George E. Webb
National Center for Science Education NCSE 23, pp.36-37
“Species of Origins: America’s Search for a Creation Story is a book with a somewhat modest agenda that does all it sets out to do, and indeed does it so successfully that it rather transcends the task that the authors set for themselves...I can think of no better place to start into the debate about origins creationism or evolution than with this book.”
Michael Ruse
Science & Theology News, 1 February 2003
“There is a tendency to assume that the debate over evolution and creationism is simply a conflict between two sides. Giberson and Yerxa, however, demonstrate that there is quite a lot more variety than is commonly thought and that multiple perspectives play a role in shaping the debate. There exists a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding, much of which may be dispelled through this book”.
Austin Cline
About.com’s Guide to Agnosticism and Atheism
“Species of Origins joins the library of helpful books about creation and evolution. It represents solid scholarship and accomplishes its goal of being even-handed. The authors do not reveal their preferences for any particular species, but they strongly maintain that the cultural conversation over creation stories is important.”
Stephen O. Moshier
Newsletter of the Affiliation of Christian Geologists, Fall 2007, Vol. 15, No. 1
Species of Origins: Reviews
