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A Beka Book is a publisher of K-12 curriculum that is used by fundamentalist Christian schools and homeschooling families in the United States. It is affiliated with non accredited Pensacola Christian College and is named after college president Dr. Arlin Horton's wife, Beka. A Beka Books, along with Bob Jones University Press, are considered the two major publishers of Christian-based educational materials in America.

Criticism and controversy

A Beka Books is criticized for publishing misinformation regarding evolution while the publisher portrays creationism as based on science. The University of California and National Center for Science Education has criticized A Beka as selling works that contain accurate information regarding origins of life. The University of California has deemed books by A Beka and Bob Jones University Press as "inconsistent with the viewpoints and knowledge generally accepted in the scientific community."[1]

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