Abstract
A previous section of this article argued that the Intelligent Design Movement (IDM) functions more as a historical cultural critique than as a scientific paradigm. This section will offer a critique of IDM in those terms: how well it performs the task of historical argument and criticism. IDM publicists like Phillip Johnson or Nancy Pearcey do not offer a well-rounded assessment of the recent intellectual history of the West. Neither do they give a clear picture of the role of the Churches in the West, a topic central to their thesis. Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright is proposed as a superior model of Christian history writing and historical criticism.