God After Darwin: A Theology Of EvolutionIn God After Darwin , John Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: both sides persist in focusing upon an explanation of underlying design and order in the universe. Haught suggests that what is lacking in both of these competing ideologies is the notion of novelty, a necessary component of evolution and the essence of the unfolding of divine Mystery. He argues that Darwin's disturbing picture of life, instead of being hostile to religion - as scientific skeptics and many believers have thought it to be - actually provides a most fertile setting for mature reflection on the idea of God. Solidly grounded in scholarship, Haught's explanation of the relationship between theology and evolution is both accessible and engaging. |
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... belief in the compassionate God to which many religions refer . “ If Nature were kind , " Dawkins writes , " she would at least make the minor concession of anaesthetizing caterpillars before they are eaten alive from within . " Instead ...
... belief in the compassionate God to which many religions refer . “ If Nature were kind , " Dawkins writes , " she would at least make the minor concession of anaesthetizing caterpillars before they are eaten alive from within . " Instead ...
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... belief , including belief in materialist metaphysics . So there can be no genuine conflict between theism and the science of evolution . Con- flict lies only between theism and the gratuitous ideological coating painted over the ...
... belief , including belief in materialist metaphysics . So there can be no genuine conflict between theism and the science of evolution . Con- flict lies only between theism and the gratuitous ideological coating painted over the ...
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... belief that all of creation is oriented toward future fulfillment in God is funda- mental to biblical faith , contemporary theology has yet to clarify just how this eschatological tenor can also be the basis of an ecologically ...
... belief that all of creation is oriented toward future fulfillment in God is funda- mental to biblical faith , contemporary theology has yet to clarify just how this eschatological tenor can also be the basis of an ecologically ...
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