Abstract
Two booklets similar in format intended to help teachers cope with the so-called creation-evolution controversy are now circulating widely. In this communication the authors of one of them, Teaching Science in a Climate of Controversy: A View from the American Scientific Affiliation (referred to here as "the ASA booklet"),1 comment on its relation to the other, Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (referred to here as "the NAS booklet").2 We also comment on the NAS booklet's treatment of certain scientific and religious issues, which led us to attempt an alternative or complementary treatment in the ASA booklet.