MONKEY TRIALS AND GORILLA SERMONS by Peter J. Bowler ( 9780674032200 )

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MONKEY TRIALS AND GORILLA SERMONS
EVOLUTION AND CHRISTIANITY FROM DARWIN TO INTELLIGENT DESIGN

By:

Peter J. Bowler

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0674032209

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 April, 2009

Pages:

272

Description:

Reveals the existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life. This title provides an alternative to accounts that stress only the escalating confrontation.

Synopsis:

From the beginning, Darwin's dangerous idea has been a snake in the garden, denounced from pulpits then and now as incompatible with the central tenets of Christian faith. Recovered here is the less well-known but equally long history of thoughtful engagement and compromise on the part of liberal theologians. Peter J. Bowler doesn't minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life. Bowler provides a valuable alternative to accounts that stress only the escalating confrontation.

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