Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique, Hardcover

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The debate about biological origins continues to be hotly contested within the Christian church. Prominent organizations such as Biologos (USA) and Faraday Institute (UK) insist that Christians must yield to an unassailable scientific consensus in favor of contemporary evolutionary theory and modify traditional biblical ideas about the creation of life accordingly. They promote a view known as ``theistic evolution`` or ``evolutionary creation.`` They argue that God used--albeit in an undetectable way--evolutionary mechanisms to produce all forms of life. This book contests this proposal. Featuring two dozen highly credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe and North America, this volume provides the most comprehensive critique of theistic evolution yet produced. It documents evidential, logical, and theological problems with theistic evolution, opening the door to scientific and theological alternatives--making the book essential reading for understanding this worldview-shaping issue. Contents: General Introductions Philosophical and Scientific Introduction: Defining Theistic Evolution (Stephen C. Meyer) Biblical and Theological Introduction: The Incompatibility of Theistic Evolution with the Biblical Account of Creation and with Important Christian Doctrines (Wayne Grudem) Section I: The Scientific Critique of Theistic Evolution Section I, Part 1: The Failure of Neo-Darwinism 1. Three Good Reasons for People of Faith to Reject Darwin's Explanation of Life (Douglas D. Axe) 2. Neo-Darwinism and the Origin of Biological Form and Information (Stephen C. Meyer) 3. Evolution--A Story without a Mechanism (Matti Leisola) 4. Are Present Proposals on Chemical Evolutionary Mechanisms Accurately Pointing toward First Life? (James M. Tour) 5. Digital Evolution: Predictions of Design (Winston Ewert) 6. The Difference It Doesn't Make: Why the ``Front-End Loaded`` Concept of Design Fails to Explain the Origin of Biological Information (Stephen C. Meyer) 7.