| Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue Contributor(s): Ruse, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442262060 ISBN-13: 9781442262065 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $36.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 201.65 |
| LCCN: 2016022831 |
| Series: New Dialogues in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.6 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ruse, Michael: - Michael Ruse is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.As a prominent philosopher of science, he is well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation-evolution controversy and the demarcation problem within science. He has published over 25 books: most recently, Reflections on the Origin of Species, with David Reznick (Princeton UP, 2008); Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge UP, 2010); and Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford UP, 2015). |