[Aquinasfan]

The book credited with laying out the philosophical underpinnings of the modern intelligent-design movement was published in 1991 by Phillip E. Johnson, a law professor at Berkeley who claimed that Darwinian evolution is based on scant evidence and faulty assumptions.

True. Darwin on Trial is one of the books of the century, although one has to also give credit to Denton's "Evolution: a Theory in Crisis" which was published in1986.

I read Darwin on Trial in the early 90s. Johnson completely dismantled evoltionary theory for me in around 150 pages. Previously I had regarded evolutionary theory as established scientific fact. I remember thinking, "well, it's over. Now it'll take 40-50 years for this to become conventional wisdom."

[cogitator]

I read Darwin on Trial in the early 90s. Johnson completely dismantled evoltionary theory for me in around 150 pages.

You should read Kenneth Miller's "Finding Darwin's God". He only takes a chapter to completely dismantle Johnson. (Chapter 4.)