Creation and Evolution

Can religion survive Darwinism? Do scientists entering the lab or heading for the field have to bracket, or reject outright, all religious commitments and convictions? Trenchantly laying out the evidence for natural selection and carefully following and underscoring the themes and theses of Genesis, L. E. Goodman traces the historical and conceptual backgrounds of today’s evolution controversies, revealing the deep complementarities of religion and the life sciences. Solidly researched and replete with scientific case studies, vignettes from intellectual history, and thoughtful argument, Creation and Evolution forthrightly exposes the strengths and weaknesses of today’s polarized battle camps. Religious and scientific fundamentalisms, Goodman shows, obscure the real biblical message and distort the deepest insights and richest findings of Darwinian science. Trenchantly Laying Out The Evidence For Natural Selection And Carefully Following And Underscoring The Themes And Theses Of Genesis, L.e. Goodman Traces The Historical And Conceptual Backgrounds Of Today's Evolution Controversies, Revealing The Deep Complementarities Of Religion And The Life Sciences. --from Publisher Description. Backgrounds -- Leaving Eden -- The Case For Evolution -- Three Lines Of Critique -- That Has Its Seeds Within It. Lenn E. Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover ......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Introduction......Page 10 1 Backgrounds......Page 18 2 Leaving Eden......Page 51 3 The case for evolution......Page 85 4 Three lines of critique......Page 121 5 “That has its seeds within it”......Page 144 Afterword......Page 181 Notes......Page 186 Bibliography......Page 204 Index......Page 217 Trenchantly laying out the evidence for natural selection and carefully following and underscoring the themes and theses of Genesis, L. E. Goodman traces the historical and conceptual backgrounds of today’s evolution controversies, revealing the deep complementarities of religion and the life sciences. --from publisher description