Religion and the Sciences of Origins: Historical and Contemporary Discussions

277 Pages·2014·1.68 MB·English

by  Kelly James Clark (auth.)

Religion and the Sciences of Origins
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Religion and the Sciences of Origins
Historical and Contemporary Discussions
Kelly James Clark
RELIGION AND THE SCIENCES OF ORIGINS
Copyright © Kelly James Clark, 2014.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 ISBN 978-1-137-41483-0
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First published in 2014 by
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To Sid and Cate Jansma
In gratitude
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Science and/or Religion 1
2 Conflict, Separation, Integration 9
3 The Fabric of the Universe 31
4 “The Galileo Affair” 45
5 Darwin, God, and Creation 61
6 Evidence and Evolution 79
7 Chance and Creation 97
8 The Evolution of God? 115
9 Evolution and Ethics 137
10 God and the Good Life 153
11 In Search of the Soul 165
12 This Most Beautiful System 185
13 Judaism and Evolution 207
14 Islam and Evolution 223
Notes 245
Bibliography 259
Index 271
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Acknowledgments
I am indebted to four research assistants, Emmalon Davis, Sean Cristy,
Sarah C. Dahlstrom, and David Leestma, for their invaluable help. I am
also grateful to my colleagues at various institutions who read some of
the chapters and offered helpful comments and criticism: Sheldon Kopperl
and Gamal Gasim of Grand Valley State University, Nuh Aydin of Kenyon
College, Ted Davis of Messiah College, Alvin Plantinga of the University
of Notre Dame, Kevin Timpe of Eastern Nazarene College, Steve Horst of
Wesleyan University, Michael Murray of the John Templeton Foundation,
and Justin Barrett of Fuller Theological Seminary.
This work was supported by the generous funding of the John Templeton
Foundation.