Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary BiologistIsland Press, 2006 M08 1 - 168 pages 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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... animals, and God all together—something people rarely do. My specialty is lizards. When I lecture, I dis- cuss what ... animals, and the Bible together in one place, as I do in this book. In talking about plants, animals, and the Bible ...
... animals, and God all together—something people rarely do. My specialty is lizards. When I lecture, I dis- cuss what ... animals, and the Bible together in one place, as I do in this book. In talking about plants, animals, and the Bible ...
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... animals. So, let's not fool around. In this book, I speak openly and explicitly about God, not God camouflaged as science. Once the air is cleared, I hope we can return with rekindled interest to the plants and animals that motivated ...
... animals. So, let's not fool around. In this book, I speak openly and explicitly about God, not God camouflaged as science. Once the air is cleared, I hope we can return with rekindled interest to the plants and animals that motivated ...
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... animals, and sub- branches of animals are the starfish, the insects, the mammals, and so forth, everything. The single tree of life is the basic fact of evolution. Not teaching that all life is related in one gigantic family tree is ...
... animals, and sub- branches of animals are the starfish, the insects, the mammals, and so forth, everything. The single tree of life is the basic fact of evolution. Not teaching that all life is related in one gigantic family tree is ...
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... animals, but you have to look beneath the skin, into the genes. Genes are sub- stances deposited by parents into their eggs and sperm. After an egg and a sperm unite, these substances are “read” like a recipe so that the embryo can ...
... animals, but you have to look beneath the skin, into the genes. Genes are sub- stances deposited by parents into their eggs and sperm. After an egg and a sperm unite, these substances are “read” like a recipe so that the embryo can ...
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... animals now embedded in rocks, but this is not as good as the DNA data because it's frag- mentary. There are only so many quarries or exposed cliffs in which to dig up old bones and shells, and con- sequently the quantity of this data ...
... animals now embedded in rocks, but this is not as good as the DNA data because it's frag- mentary. There are only so many quarries or exposed cliffs in which to dig up old bones and shells, and con- sequently the quantity of this data ...
Contents
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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 |
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Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.