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Can a Darwinian be a Christian? : the relationship between science and religion
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Can a Darwinian be a Christian? : the relationship between science and religion

Author: Michael Ruse
Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Adopting a balanced perspective on the subject, Michael Ruse offers a serious examination of both Darwinism and Christianity. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Scopes Monkey Trial to claims about the religious significance of extraterrestrials. He deals with major figures in the current science/religion debate (Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, and E.O. Wilson on the science side, as well as Arthur  Read more...
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Named Person: Charles Darwin; Charles Darwin
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michael Ruse
ISBN: 0521631440 9780521631440
OCLC Number: 43287802
Description: xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Prologue --
Darwinism --
Christianity --
Origins --
Humans --
Naturalism --
Design --
Pain --
Extraterrestrials --
Christian ethics --
Social Darwinism --
Sociobiology --
Freedom and determinism --
Epilogue.
Responsibility: Michael Ruse.

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"Adopting a balanced perspective on the subject, Michael Ruse offers a serious examination of both Darwinism and Christianity. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Scopes Monkey Trial to claims about the religious significance of extraterrestrials. He deals with major figures in the current science/religion debate (Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, and E.O. Wilson on the science side, as well as Arthur Peacocke, Robert J. Russell, and Keith Ward on the religion side). He considers in detail the claims of the new creationism and reveals some surprising parallels between Darwinian materialists and traditional thinkers such as Saint Augustine." "Michael Ruse argues that, although it is at times difficult for a Darwinian to embrace Christian belief, it is by no means inconceivable. At the same time he suggests ways in which a Christian believer should have no difficulty accepting evolution in general, and Darwinism in particular."--Jacket.
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Adequately written, I disagree with viewpoint

by vleighton (WorldCat user published 2012-04-01) Good Permalink

Michael Ruse is an academic philosopher of science who has struggled with the nature of evolution and its relationship to ethics and religion throughout his career. He has written a number of books critiquing Creationism, but he is usually more willing to engage and debate creationists than some other...
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