God After Darwin

2018-05-04
God After Darwin
Author: John F. Haught
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429979797
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In God After Darwin, eminent theologian John F. Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: Both sides persist in focusing on 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 the 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. The second edition of God After Darwin features an entirely new chapter on the ongoing, controversial debate between intelligent design and evolution, including an assessment of Haught's experience as an expert witness in the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District on teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools.

God After Darwin

2009-03-25
God After Darwin
Author: John F. Haught
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2009-03-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0786733217
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In God After Darwin, eminent theologian John F. Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: Both sides persist in focusing on 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 the 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. The second edition of God After Darwin features an entirely new chapter on the ongoing, controversial debate between intelligent design and evolution, including an assessment of Haught’s experience as an expert witness in the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District on teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools.

God After Darwin 1E

2021-11-28
God After Darwin 1E
Author: John Haught
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2021-11-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0429711212
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Argues that both evolutionism and creationism rely too heavily on notions of underlying order and design. Instead of focusing on the idea of novelty in human experience novelty as a necessary component of evolution, and as the essence of divine Mystery.. In 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.

Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life

2010-09-30
Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life
Author: Steve Stewart-Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139490990
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If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.

Making Sense of Evolution

2010-01-01
Making Sense of Evolution
Author: John F. Haught
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 066423285X
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Haught offers a provocative take on how reconciliation between evolution and Christian theology might begin, and questions whether the two concepts must be mutually exclusive.

Finding Darwin's God

2007-04-03
Finding Darwin's God
Author: Kenneth R. Miller
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780061233500
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From a leading authority on the evolution debates comes this critically acclaimed investigation into one of the most controversial topics of our times

Reading Genesis After Darwin

2009
Reading Genesis After Darwin
Author: Stephen C. Barton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0195383354
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First, the authors explore how the scriptures were interpreted before the time of Darwin. Part II presents essays on the real history of the Darwin controversies, exploding the myths about this period. The final chapter deals with the rise of creationism in its current social context.

Deeper Than Darwin

2009-03-25
Deeper Than Darwin
Author: John Haught
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2009-03-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0786729880
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In his acclaimed book God After Darwin, John Haught argued that religious belief is wholly compatible with evolutionary biology. Now, in Deeper Than Darwin, he advances his argument further by saying that religious belief is even more revealing about life than Darwinism. Haught looks hard at the question of how, after Darwin, religions may plausibly claim to be bearers of truth and not just of meaning and adaptive consolation. While he assumes the fundamental correctness of evolutionary biology, he firmly rejects the non-scientific belief that evolutionary biology amounts to an adequate explanation of living phenomena. Even though Darwinism is illuminating, Haught argues, it by no means tells us everything we need to know about life, even in principle. To find the deepest, though certainly not the clearest, understandings of life and the universe, we may still profitably consult the religions of the world. Deeper Than Darwin takes up where God After Darwin left off, arguing that Darwin's vision is important and essentially correct but that we can still dig deeper in our understanding of what is going on in the life-story.

God After Darwin

2018-05-04
God After Darwin
Author: John F. Haught
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 042996871X
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In God After Darwin, eminent theologian John F. Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: Both sides persist in focusing on 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 the 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. The second edition of God After Darwin features an entirely new chapter on the ongoing, controversial debate between intelligent design and evolution, including an assessment of Haught's experience as an expert witness in the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District on teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools.