Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary BiologistIsland Press, 2006 M08 1 - 168 páginas Click here to visit evolutionandchristianfaith.org "I'm an evolutionary biologist and a Christian," states Stanford professor Joan Roughgarden at the outset of her groundbreaking new book, Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. From that perspective, she offers an elegant, deeply satisfying reconciliation of the theory of evolution and the wisdom of the Bible. Perhaps only someone with Roughgarden's unique academic standing could examine so well controversial issues such as the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, or the potential flaws in Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly Roughgarden is uniquely suited to reference both the minutiae of scientific processes and the implication of Biblical verses. Whether the topic is mutation rates and lizards or the hidden meanings behind St. Paul's letters, Evolution and Christian Faith distils complex arguments into everyday understanding. Roughgarden has scoured the Bible and scanned the natural world, finding examples time and again, not of conflict, but of harmony. The result is an accessible and intelligent context for a Christian vision of the world that embraces science. In the ongoing debates over creationism and evolution, Evolution and Christian Faith will be seen as a work of major significance, written for contemporary readers who wonder how-or if-they can embrace scientific advances while maintaining their traditional values. |
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... today's collision between science and Christian faith. It is 175 years since Darwin embarked on his 1831 voyage to South America in a ten-gun brig of the Brit- ish navy called the Beagle. That voyage carried him to the Galápagos where ...
... today's collision between science and Christian faith. It is 175 years since Darwin embarked on his 1831 voyage to South America in a ten-gun brig of the Brit- ish navy called the Beagle. That voyage carried him to the Galápagos where ...
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... today. I'm a Christian and active in the Episcopal Church. My parents were Episcopal missionaries, and I grew up in the Philippine Islands and Indonesia. I attended church through high school, drifted away after college, and returned ...
... today. I'm a Christian and active in the Episcopal Church. My parents were Episcopal missionaries, and I grew up in the Philippine Islands and Indonesia. I attended church through high school, drifted away after college, and returned ...
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Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist Joan Roughgarden. again today? I don't want to argue with other Chris- tians. I want to share with them the fellowship and the love ofJesus. Here we'll look at actual biblical passages and you can ...
Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist Joan Roughgarden. again today? I don't want to argue with other Chris- tians. I want to share with them the fellowship and the love ofJesus. Here we'll look at actual biblical passages and you can ...
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... today's incarnation of the controversy over teaching evolution. I've been struck by how the “debate” over teaching evolution is not about plants and animals but about God and whether science somehow threatens one's belief in God. To ...
... today's incarnation of the controversy over teaching evolution. I've been struck by how the “debate” over teaching evolution is not about plants and animals but about God and whether science somehow threatens one's belief in God. To ...
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... today the separa- tion has disappeared—the polls tell us that we're past the point of no return. A CBS News poll in November 2004, based on a nationwide telephone survey of 885 adults, showed that 65 percent of all Americans favored ...
... today the separa- tion has disappeared—the polls tell us that we're past the point of no return. A CBS News poll in November 2004, based on a nationwide telephone survey of 885 adults, showed that 65 percent of all Americans favored ...
Contenido
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Ch 3 Species Change | 24 |
Ch 4 Taking the Bible Literally | 30 |
Ch 5 How Change Happens | 36 |
Ch 6 Random Mutation | 42 |
Ch 7 Evolutions Direction | 49 |
Ch 8 Roman Catholic Position | 53 |
Ch 9 To Do List for Theorists | 66 |
Ch 10 Intelligent Design | 80 |
Ch 11 Gender and Sexuality | 102 |
Ch 12 Future Directions | 125 |
Index | 147 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 18 - For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Página 95 - And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Página 20 - And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden; and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Página 44 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : And when the sun was up, they were scorched : and because they had no root, they withered away.
Página 34 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the LORD be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him.
Referencias a este libro
Emily Dickinson's Approving God: Divine Design and the Problem of Suffering Patrick J. Keane Vista previa limitada - 2008 |