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Species of Origins - America's Search for a Creation Story
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 231.76520973
EAN: 9780742507647
ISBN: 0742507645
Label: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2002-12
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Sales Rank: 1767860
Studio: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Product Description: In Species of Origins, Karl W. Giberson and Donald A. Yerxa examine America's controversial conversation about creation and evolution. While noting that part of the discord stems from the growing cultural and religious diversity of the United States, they argue powerfully that the real issue is the headlong confrontation between two seemingly incompatible worldviews upon which millions of Americans rely: modern naturalistic science and traditional Judeo-Christian religions.Visit our website for sample chapters!
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This is a must-read in its field. The authors thoroughly present each viewpoint as seen by its adherents, making it possible for the reader to imagine what it might be like to know of no alternatives. This includes the simplistic extremes of scientific creationism, in which the earth is created in 6 days with an initial "appearance of history" in an Eden complete with belly buttons and tree rings, and naturalistic materialism, in which miracles, meaning events not merely novel but inexplicable in ... Read More
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For those interested in a helpful introduction into the conflict between science and religion the book by Giberson and Yerxa is a good place to begin. The authors describe in helpful detail (yet without too much technical jargon) the entire spectrum of America's search for an explanation for the origin of life. This spectrum runs from scientific creationism (a literal 6 day event) to scientific evolution and its conclusion that creation has spanned 5 billions years. In between these two extreme positions ... Read More
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This is an incredible introduction into the "evolution-creation" debate, literally covering almost every position. Widely hailed as the most comprehensive intro book on the subject, this is how I would have gone about writing a book about the subject to be fair.
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This is one of the only books in the emotionally charged field of creation-evolution that is fair to everyone. Most books in this field, like those of Richard Dawkins or Phillip Johnson, are nothing more than one-sided arguments for a particular viewpoint. The authors of this book have taken the time to read literally everybody and they summarize a vast sprectrum of ideas with clarity and balance. And they are good writers so the book is a pleasure to read.
The authors actually discuss 6 day ... Read More
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