Michael Cavanaugh, President of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science called the book "chilling", saying that "It lets one see how totalitarian religious thought can begin to take hold even of a multi-cultural free society." Karl Giberson, editor-in-chief of the Templeton Foundation's "Science & Theology News" chose it as the July's Editor's Choice and described it as a "remarkable analysis". Allan H. Harvey reviewed the book for "Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith", the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation and criticized the authors' understanding of Christian theology, but wrote that "its thoroughness makes "Creationism's Trojan Horse" worth reading for those who are concerned about the movement's influence on public opinion and science education."