Creation or Evolution
Published on 19. September 2014
512 pages
978-0-85721-579-6 (ISBN)
Description
Creation or Evolution helps you make sense of the complex common ground between the biblical doctrine of creation and the scientific evidence behind the theory of evolutionary.
With the guidance of neuroscientist Denis Alexander - a passionate believer in both the Bible and science, you can build a fully integrated understanding of the tricky questions that have divided so many for too long.
This book combines the latest genetic research with an exploration of what we mean by creation and evolution to overcome the common scientific and religious objections to each. He addresses the argument that evolution is atheistic and discovers who Adam and Eve really were.
An enthusiast for both the biblical and scientific contributions to our understanding of God and creation, he shows how the concept of The Fall be reconciled with evolutionary theory. Finally he asks the big question: how could a God of love create a world where people kill each other and inflict so much suffering?
Read Creation or Evolution and you will discover that maybe you don't have to choose. And you will have the arguments and responses to help others overcome their objections to biblical faith without abandoning the scientific facts.
With the guidance of neuroscientist Denis Alexander - a passionate believer in both the Bible and science, you can build a fully integrated understanding of the tricky questions that have divided so many for too long.
This book combines the latest genetic research with an exploration of what we mean by creation and evolution to overcome the common scientific and religious objections to each. He addresses the argument that evolution is atheistic and discovers who Adam and Eve really were.
An enthusiast for both the biblical and scientific contributions to our understanding of God and creation, he shows how the concept of The Fall be reconciled with evolutionary theory. Finally he asks the big question: how could a God of love create a world where people kill each other and inflict so much suffering?
Read Creation or Evolution and you will discover that maybe you don't have to choose. And you will have the arguments and responses to help others overcome their objections to biblical faith without abandoning the scientific facts.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
La Vergne
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SPCK Publishing
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-85721-579-6 (9780857215796)
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Book
09/2014
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Person
Denis Alexander is the Emeritus Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion,St Edmund's College, Cambridge, where he is a Fellow.Dr Alexander was previously Chairman of the Molecular Immunology Programme and Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development at The Babraham Institute, Cambridge. Prior to that he was at the Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories in London (now Cancer Research UK), andspent 15 years developing university departments and laboratories overseas, latterly as Associate Professor of Biochemistry in the Medical Faculty of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. There he helped to establish the National Unit of Human Genetics.
He was initially an Open Scholar at Oxford reading Biochemistry, before obtaining a PhD in Neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
Dr Alexander writes,lectures and broadcasts widely in the field of science and religion. His Monarch titles include: Creation or Evolution and Is There Purpose inBiology?.
He was initially an Open Scholar at Oxford reading Biochemistry, before obtaining a PhD in Neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.
Dr Alexander writes,lectures and broadcasts widely in the field of science and religion. His Monarch titles include: Creation or Evolution and Is There Purpose inBiology?.
Content
Contents
Figures 10
Preface to the First Edition 11
Preface to the Second Edition 15
1 What Do We Mean By Creation? 21
2 The Biblical Doctrine of Creation 35
3 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Dating, DNA and Genes 58
4 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Natural Selection, Reproductive Success and Cooperation 88
5 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Speciation, Fossils and the Question of Information 112
6 Objections to Evolution 154
7 What About Genesis? 177
8 Evolutionary Creationism 199
9 Who were Adam and Eve? The Background 223
10 Who were Adam and Eve? Genesis and Science in Conversation 252
11 Evolution and the Biblical Understanding of Death 305
12 Evolution and the Fall 316
13 Evolution, Natural Evil and the Theodicy Question 366
14 Intelligent Design and Creation's Order 389
15 Evolution: Intelligent and Designed? 414
16 The Origin of Life 435
Postscript 461
Notes 464
Index 493
Figures 10
Preface to the First Edition 11
Preface to the Second Edition 15
1 What Do We Mean By Creation? 21
2 The Biblical Doctrine of Creation 35
3 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Dating, DNA and Genes 58
4 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Natural Selection, Reproductive Success and Cooperation 88
5 What Do We Mean By Evolution? Speciation, Fossils and the Question of Information 112
6 Objections to Evolution 154
7 What About Genesis? 177
8 Evolutionary Creationism 199
9 Who were Adam and Eve? The Background 223
10 Who were Adam and Eve? Genesis and Science in Conversation 252
11 Evolution and the Biblical Understanding of Death 305
12 Evolution and the Fall 316
13 Evolution, Natural Evil and the Theodicy Question 366
14 Intelligent Design and Creation's Order 389
15 Evolution: Intelligent and Designed? 414
16 The Origin of Life 435
Postscript 461
Notes 464
Index 493
