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Evolution and Religion : A Dialogue - Michael Ruse

Evolution and Religion

A Dialogue

By: Michael Ruse

eText | 31 August 2016 | Edition Number 2

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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.
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An ingenious and very articulate way of presenting disparate, indeed very conflicting, views about religion and science. Six characters, from an atheist scientist and a skeptic philosopher to a moderate priest and a conservative Southern pastor, dialogue about five relevant topics. The format allows Michael Ruse to cover a broad range of opinions, thoroughly documented by means of footnotes. Evolution and Religion is very instructive and very entertaining.
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