>I'm currently teaching a Philosophy of Religion class. I'm about to examine
>the Design Argument which includes a discussion of evolution (where did all
>these complex creatures come from if not designed by a god...) Of course I
>have Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker at hand. But I'm hoping someone can
>suggest a really compact source of information on how evolutionary theory
>accounts for observations.
There's a good summary of evolution information at the talk.origins site.
Try:
http://earth.ics.uci.edu/origins/faqs-evolution.html
It's a very enjoyable read for anybody interested in evolution or in the
creationism "debates". They're not really debates anymore since the
Creationist side no longer pays any attention to the evidence since
speciation was so well demonstrated about 2 decades ago (details at the above
site).