missing link

From: Charles Carrigan (cwcarrig@umich.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 17:44:01 EST

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    ASAers and ACGers,

    This is a call out for a qualified someone to fill in a missing link. 
    I think there is a missing piece in this grand puzzle entitled "the interaction of science with faith".  That missing piece is a single book, one written by a Christian biologist or paleontologist (or ??) scientist that lays out specifically the evidence for evolution as science.  It would likely need to then briefly discuss the possible implications for Christian theology, otherwise it might leave the author with too many question.  But it does not have to fully deal with the theological implications of evolution, as that might require its own volume.  I see this book bringing multiple lines of evidence from the fossil record/embryonic development/genetics/whatever to establish a strong case for biological evolution.  I see it as written for the Christian layman, not the scientist necessarily, although, I myself would love to read a book like this.  There is already a great book arguing for the antiquity of the earth (Dave Young's Christianity and the Age of the Earth), a topic which is somewhat of a prerequisite for arguments of evolution.  When non-geologists ask me what to read to learn about the age of the earth question, that is one that I point them to.  But I don't know what to tell people when they want the same kind of thing for evolution.  I do not believe that a textbook is the answer for this - instead I see a need for something more engaging and designed specifically for a Christian audience.  There are lots of books by Christians arguing against evolution.  But is there one arguing the case for it?  Not to my knowledge. 

    If you would like to reply to me, please note that I no longer receive messages posted to the ASA list.  And if anyone would like to forward this to the ACB list, feel free - I couldn't find the address on the web.  Yours,
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                            "Come wander with me," she said,
                                    "Into regions yet untrod;
                            And read what is still unread
                                    In the manuscripts of God."
                                            - Longfellow



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