Can You Believe in God and Evolution?: A Guide for the Perplexed

Can You Believe in God and Evolution?: A Guide for the Perplexed is a Christian theistic evolution book written by theologian Ted Peters and molecular biologist Martinez Hewlett, Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona in Tucson. It was published by Abingdon Press in 2006.[1]

Christ died for
our articles about
Christianity
Schismatics
Devil's in the details
The pearly gates
  • Christianity portal
v - t - e

Book description

In the book the authors reject creationism as unscientific but also reject atheism and instead advocate a form of theistic evolution where God has designed and programmed evolution, which they propose was built into the Big Bang so that the process unfolds over time in a guided formation eventually leading to consciousness.[2] The main claim in the book by the authors is that evolution and a belief in the Christian God is compatible.[3]

The book was released in 2010 in an updated edition in celebration of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.[4]

Reception

Some Christians have rejected the book and have written that the position of the authors is in opposition to the Bible. Other reviewers have written that the authors have an interesting model and that it is an important book for anyone interested in theistic evolution.[5][6]

gollark: ... yes, good point.
gollark: I cannot imagine anything more balanced.
gollark: Okay, I have a great balancing idea:- add a very rare ore called Plethorium- make it so that to refine it into ingots you need a special furnace made of clay (clay = balance)- make the kinetic augment cost plethorium blocks- make it use RF to operate
gollark: I don't think it has functionality for that.
gollark: I shall use the power of CraftTweaker to unbalance it! Mwahahahaha!

See also

References
  1. Profile for Ted Peters also see Profile for Martinez Hewlett
  2. Book Review
  3. Can You Believe in God and Evolution? A Guide for the Perplexed
  4. 2010 Edition of the book
  5. Book Review by a Christian
  6. Can You Believe in God and Evolution? A Guide for the Perplexed Reviewed by Glen Klassen
This article is issued from Rationalwiki. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.