Evolution and Religion (eBook)

A Dialogue

Michael Ruse (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 2., Second Edition
168 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6207-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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. Ruses main charactersan atheist scientist, a skeptical historian and philosopher of science, a relatively liberal female Episcopalian priest, and a Southern Baptist pastor who denies evolutionpassionately 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. The second edition of this innovative text incorporates the influence of Eastern religions and philosophies on the debate on human origins, broadening the contextual reach of the dialogue into comparative philosophy and religious studies.

Autor

Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.

Inhalt

PrefaceProgram One: The OptionsProgram Two: OriginsProgram Three: ProblemsProgram Four: HistoriesProgram Five: Humans NotesIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: New Dialogues in Philosophy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Schlagworte: Charles Darwin • evolution versus creation • Philosophy of Science and Biology • Science and religion
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6207-9 / 1442262079
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6207-2 / 9781442262072