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Evolutionism and Creationism (Single Title: Social Studies: Current Events)

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Sonder gives a balanced view of the controversy between these two camps. His background information is clear, compelling and easy to follow. A thin book, only 112 pages, it focuses on defining what each side believes. I learned, for instance, what the three basic tenets of Fundmentalism are, how religious contemporaries viewed Darwin (not as virulently as one might now think) and why Evolutionist make no efforts to counter the claims made by Creationist. It is easy to read; a high school student would have not trouble with it. Its photos are basic black-and-white, which somewhat dates and detracts from the book. Overall, I came away with the feeling that most Americans are a lot closer to each other in the belief of how life developed on earth and that only the radical wings of both camps are so very far apart.