Re: [asa] Recommendation for a book on evolution?

Hi Paul,

I agree with Allan. I definitely recommend Falk's book as the place to
start. That being said, one aspect of Falk's book that I found
disappointing was his almost complete silence on human evolution (hominid
doesn't even appear in the index!). For that, you might want to check out *God
and Evolution: A Faith-Based
Understanding*<http://www.amazon.ca/God-Evolution-Faith-Based-David-Wilcox/dp/0817014748/ref=sr_1_1/702-4509785-5691256?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178932826&sr=1-1>
* *by David Wilcox.

thanks,

On 12/13/07, steamdoc@aol.com <steamdoc@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Paul Bruggink asks "for one recent mass market book that makes the
> scientific case for evolution."
>
> No question in my mind, THE book that best fits that description is
> "Coming to Peace with Science" by Darrel Falk (IV Press, 2004). It isn't
> clear whether you were asking for a book from a Christian perspective (which
> this is, Falk is a biology Prof. at Point Loma Nazarene), but this is the
> best accessible presentation I have seen from any perspective of the
> evidence that evolution has happened. Maybe the lack of such "making the
> case" books (at least that I am aware of) from non-Christian sources
> reflects that it is mostly only Christians who need convincing at that basic
> level.
> The book by Francis Collins also makes the scientific case to some extent,
> but Falk's book is much stronger in that regard.
>
> Allan (ASA Member)
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