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

I enjoyed Falk's book as well, particularly his personal story. However, I
thought it was exceedingly weak theologically. He really doesn't address
any of the key theological or hermeneutical issues, except with the same
kind of hand waiving as Francis Collins: "it's all figurative." If people
want to engage these things from an evangelical perspective, they have to do
a better job on the theology. I didn't see any Amazon reviews for David
Wilcox's book -- how was it on the theological issues?

On Dec 13, 2007 1:33 PM, Steve Martin <steven.dale.martin@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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)
> > ------------------------
> > Dr. Allan H. Harvey, Boulder, CO, steamdoc at aol dot com
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