[asa] The Evolution Dialogues

I'm back after a trip to SE Europe, where I gave a paper on "Inter-Religious Dialogue and Science" at an international conference in Mostar, BiH, on Religion and Public Life in Europe. The proceedings will be published.

The reason for this note, however, is to call your attention to a new publication, The Evolution Dialogues, written by science writer Catherine Baker and edited by James B. Miller. This book is a production of the Dialogue on Sience, Ethics and Religion of the AAAS. The subtitle is important: Science, Christianity, and the Quest for Understanding. As far as I know, this is the first book sponsored by AAAS that is designed for use by congregations in Christian education. The chapter titles will give you some idea of the content:
    1. Science in Darwin's Time
    2. Christianity in Darwin's Time
    3. The Theory of Evolution
    4. Initial Responses to Darwin's Theory
    5. The Science Behind Evolution
    6. Christian Worldviews
    7. The World as Explained by Evolution
    8. Contemporary Stances Toward Evolution (this last chapter explores YEC, ID, and creation/evolution as complementary and integrative)

I was one of the consultants to the project so I've already read the book in drafts. The writing and exposition are excellent, in my view, and the text is very informative. Each chapter is introduced by a dialogue between a college student, who is a Christian wrestling with evolution, and either her adviser/biology teacher or a campus minister. The text is nicely illustrated, and contains endnotes and a glossary.

Randy Isaacs was one of the external readers, and he may wish to comment also.
    
Bob

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Received on Thu Aug 24 09:54:49 2006