Introduction: When the author discovers the creationists
A short typology of creationisms
Faced with Darwin, America strikes back
Darwin and the land of kangaroos
Creationism made in France
Elsewhere in the world
The crescent and the ape
Science on trial
The priest, the scientist and the politician
The Bible torn apart
Churches embroiled
God and Darwin, freed of complexes
Conclusion: A story without end?
Addenda: The living being, in the light of contemporary biology
An open letter to creationists: And to those whom Darwin brings out in a rash.