Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue (New Dialogues in Philosophy)

By Michael Ruse

Book Overview

One in the series New Dialogues in Philosophy, edited by Dale Jacquette, Michael Ruse, a leading expert on Charles Darwin, presents a fictional dialogue among characters with sharply contrasting positions regarding the tensions between science and religious belief. Ruse's main characters-an atheist scientist, a skeptical historian and philosopher of science, a relatively liberal female Episcopalian priest, and a Southern Baptist pastor who denies evolution-passionately argue about pressing issues, in a context framed within a television show: "Science versus God- Who is Winning?" These characters represent the different positions concerning science and religion often held today: evolution versus creation, the implications of Christian beliefs upon technological advances in medicine, and the everlasting debate over free will.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742559076
• ISBN13: 9780742559073
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.4" x 6.1"