The debate about biological origins continues to be hotly contested within the Christian church. Prominent organizations such as Biologos (USA) and Faraday Institute (UK) insist that Christians must yield to an unassailable scientific consensus in favor of contemporary evolutionary theory and modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life accordingly. They promote a view known as \u201ctheistic evolution\u201d or \u201cevolutionary creation.\u201d They argue that God used\u2014albeit in an undetectable way\u2014evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. This book contests this proposal. Featuring two dozen highly credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe and North America, this volume provides the most comprehensive critique of theistic evolution yet produced. It documents evidential, logical, and theological problems with theistic evolution, opening the door to scientific and theological alternatives\u2014making the\u00a0book essential reading for understanding this worldview-shaping issue.<\/p>\n
Contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n General Introductions<\/strong><\/p>\n Philosophical and Scientific Introduction: Defining Theistic Evolution\u00a0(Stephen C. Meyer)<\/em><\/p>\n Biblical and Theological Introduction:\u00a0The Incompatibility of Theistic Evolution with the Biblical Account of Creation and with Important Christian Doctrines\u00a0(Wayne Grudem)<\/em> Section I, Part 1: The Failure of Neo-Darwinism<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Three Good Reasons for People of Faith to Reject Darwin\u2019s Explanation of Life\u00a0(<\/em>Douglas D. Axe)<\/em><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Neo-Darwinism and the Origin of Biological Form and Information\u00a0(<\/em>Stephen C. Meyer)<\/em><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Evolution\u2014A Story without a Mechanism\u00a0(Matti Leisola)<\/em><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Are Present Proposals on Chemical Evolutionary Mechanisms Accurately Pointing toward First Life?\u00a0(James M. Tour)<\/em><\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Digital Evolution: Predictions of Design\u00a0(Winston Ewert)<\/em><\/p>\n 6.\u00a0The Difference It Doesn\u2019t Make: Why the \u201cFront-End Loaded\u201d Concept of Design Fails to Explain the Origin of Biological Information\u00a0(Stephen C. Meyer)<\/em><\/p>\n 7.\u00a0Why DNA Mutations Cannot Accomplish What Neo-Darwinism Requires\u00a0(Jonathan Wells)<\/em><\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Theistic Evolution and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: Does It Work?\u00a0(Stephen C. Meyer, Ann K. Gauger, and Paul A. Nelson)<\/em><\/p>\n 9.\u00a0Evidence from Embryology Challenges Evolutionary Theory\u00a0(Sheena Tyler)<\/em> 10.\u00a0The Fossil Record and Universal Common Ancestry\u00a0(G\u00fcnter Bechly and Stephen C. Meyer)<\/em><\/p>\n 11.\u00a0Universal Common Descent: A Comprehensive Critique\u00a0(Casey Luskin)<\/em><\/p>\n 12.\u00a0Five Questions Everyone Should Ask about Common Descent\u00a0(Paul A. Nelson)<\/em><\/p>\n 13. The Battle over Human Origins (Introduction to Chapters 14\u201316)\u00a0(Ann K. Gauger)<\/em><\/p>\n 14. Missing Transitions: Human Origins and the Fossil Record\u00a0(Casey Luskin)<\/em><\/p>\n 15. Evidence for Human Uniqueness\u00a0(Ann K. Gauger, Ola H\u00f6ssjer, and Colin R. Reeves)<\/em><\/p>\n 16. An Alternative Population Genetics Model\u00a0(Ola H\u00f6ssjer, Ann K. Gauger, and Colin R. Reeves)<\/em><\/p>\n 17. Pressure to Conform Leads to Bias in Science\u00a0(Christopher Shaw)<\/em> 18. Why Science Needs Philosophy\u00a0(J. P. Moreland)<\/em><\/p>\n 19. Should Theistic Evolution Depend on Methodological Naturalism?\u00a0(Stephen C. Meyer and Paul A. Nelson)<\/em><\/p>\n 20.\u00a0How to Lose a Battleship: Why Methodological Naturalism Sinks Theistic Evolution\u00a0(Stephen Dilley)<\/em><\/p>\n 21. How Theistic Evolution\u00a0Kicks Christianity Out of the Plausibility Structure and\u00a0Robs\u00a0Christians of\u00a0Confidence that the Bible Is a Source of Knowledge\u00a0(J. P. Moreland)<\/em><\/p>\n 22. How to Think about God\u2019s Action in the World (C. John Collins)<\/p>\n 23. Theistic Evolution and the Problem of Natural Evil\u00a0(Garrett J. DeWeese)<\/em><\/p>\n 24.\u00a0Bringing Home the Bacon: The Interaction of Science and Scripture Today\u00a0(<\/em>Colin R. Reeves)<\/em><\/p>\n 25. The Origin of Moral Conscience: Theistic Evolution versus Intelligent Design\u00a0(Tapio Puolimatka)<\/em><\/p>\n 26.\u00a0Darwin in the Dock: C. S. Lewis on Evolution\u00a0(John G. West)<\/em> 27.\u00a0Theistic Evolution Undermines Twelve Creation Events and Several Crucial Christian Doctrines\u00a0(Wayne Grudem)<\/em><\/p>\n 28. Theistic Evolution Is Incompatible with the Teachings of the Old Testament\u00a0(John D. Currid)<\/em><\/p>\n 29. Theistic Evolution Is Incompatible with the Teachings of the New Testament\u00a0(Guy Prentiss Waters)<\/em><\/p>\n 30.\u00a0Theistic Evolution Is Incompatible with Historical Christian Doctrine\u00a0(Gregg R. Allison)<\/em><\/p>\n 31. Additional Note: B. B. Warfield Did Not Endorse Theistic Evolution as It Is Understood Today\u00a0(Fred G. Zaspel)<\/em><\/p>\n Hardcover, 992 pages.\u00a0 RETAIL PRICE $60.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The debate about biological origins continues to be hotly contested within the Christian church. 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\nSection I: The Scientific Critique of Theistic Evolution<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSection I, Part 2: The Case against Universal Common Descent and for a Unique Human Origin<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSection II: The Philosophical Critique of Theistic Evolution<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSection III: The Biblical and Theological Critique of Theistic Evolution<\/strong><\/p>\n