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The Prism and the Rainbow: A Christian Explains Why Evolution Is Not a Threat
Joel W. Martin
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Description for The Prism and the Rainbow: A Christian Explains Why Evolution Is Not a Threat
Hardback. He urges his fellow Christians to refuse to participate in the intellectually stifling debate over evolution and creationism/intelligent design. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
God or Darwin? It is one of the most contentious conflicts of our time. It is also completely unnecessary, according to Joel W. Martin, an evolutionary biologist and ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA. In this slim but powerful book, Martin argues that it is not contradictory to be a practicing, faithful Christian who accepts the science of evolution. Martin finds that much of the controversy in the United States over evolution is manufactured and predicated on a complete-and sometimes willful-misapprehension of basic science. Science and religion, he says, serve different purposes and each seeks to answer questions that ... Read more
God or Darwin? It is one of the most contentious conflicts of our time. It is also completely unnecessary, according to Joel W. Martin, an evolutionary biologist and ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA. In this slim but powerful book, Martin argues that it is not contradictory to be a practicing, faithful Christian who accepts the science of evolution. Martin finds that much of the controversy in the United States over evolution is manufactured and predicated on a complete-and sometimes willful-misapprehension of basic science. Science and religion, he says, serve different purposes and each seeks to answer questions that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894787
SKU
V9780801894787
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About Joel W. Martin
An ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA, Joel W. Martin is the chief of the Division of Invertebrate Studies and curator of Crustacea at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He is a youth advisor at a Presbyterian Church in Southern California and currently teaches Sunday school and confirmation classes.
Reviews for The Prism and the Rainbow: A Christian Explains Why Evolution Is Not a Threat
Covers the Christian debate over Darwin-and finds that much of the controversy in the U.S. over evolution is manufactured on a complete, often willful miss-appreciation of basic science. Chapters serve to erase these errors, offering insights into robots of debates about evolution and supporting Christianity and a less literal interpretation of Biblical ideas. Christian collections need this! Midwest Book Review ... Read more