Where Darwin Meets the Bible
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Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America
- Author: Larry Witham
- Length: 330
- Edition: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
Description of Where Darwin Meets the Bible:
The conflict between creationists and evolutionists has raged ever since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. And yet, even as generations of Americans have fought and re-fought the same battles, the contours of the debate have in recent years shifted dramatically. Tracking the dizzying rhetorical heights and opportunistic political lows of this controversy, Larry Witham travels to America's churches, schools, universities, museums, and government agencies to present creationists and evolutionists in their own unfiltered voices. We meet leading creationists such as Michael Behe; evolutionists such as Richard Dawkins; and theistic scientists who describe how they reconcile God and Nature. Today, Biblical literalism is tempered by the Intelligent Design movement, which finds evidence of God's presence in nature's patterns. The once-dominant "young earth" school has been replaced by a creationism that conscripts the language of science to advance the creationist cause. Meanwhile, evolutionary scientists hesitate to point out gaps in their theories for fear that such self-scrutiny could serve as fodder for anti-evolution propaganda. In an age marked both by a rising religious tide and daily scientific breakthroughs, Where Darwin Meets the Bible provides the standard account of this lasting conflict.
Information on Where Darwin Meets the Bible from the publisher:
"Today, biblical literalism is tempered by the Intelligent Design movement, which finds other ways to speak of God's presence in nature's patterns. The once-dominant "young earth" school is being eclipsed by creationist arguments that invoke mathematics and biochemistry, conscripting the language of science to challenge Darwinian orthodoxy. Evolutionary scientists meanwhile, though perpetually striving for innovation, hesitate to point out gaps in their theories for fear that such self-scrutiny will serve as fodder for anti-evolution propaganda." Tracking the dizzying rhetorical heights and opportunistic political lows of this controversy, Where Darwin Meets the Bible takes us to the very epicenter of the conflict. Drawing on dozens of interviews and eyewitness accounts, and ranging across the country, from California to New York, from Illinois to Tennessee, Larry Witham travels to America's churches, schools, courts, newsrooms, universities, museums, and government agencies to present creationists and evolutionists in their own unfiltered voices.
Description of Larry Witham, author of Where Darwin Meets the Bible:
An award-winning science reporter has interviewed the leading participants in this debate: creationists Michael Behe and Phillip Johnson, evolutionists Richard Dawkins and Ernst Mayr, and a variety of theistic scientists who attempt reconciliation. An objective, compelling narrative. 352 pages, hardcover.