James,
It isn't even a new book, just a new publisher. The book has been out since
last June and has been reviewed a number of times, both on Amazon.com and
other places on the internet.
Paul Bruggink
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, James Patterson <james000777@bellsouth.net
> wrote:
> Highlights are mine. Does anyone know of this author?
>
>
> Evolutionary Creation<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0718891910/ref=pe_5050_11305580_pe_snp_910> by
> Denis O Lamoureux<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Denis%20O%20Lamoureux>
>
>
> In this provocative book, evolutionist and evangelical Christian Denis O.
> Lamoureux proposes an approach to origins that moves beyond the
> evolution-versus-creation debate. Arguing for an intimate relationship
> between the Book of Gods Words and the Book of Gods Works, he presents
> evolutionary creation a position that asserts that the Father, Son and Holy
> Spirit created the universe and life through an ordained and sustained
> evolutionary process. This view of origins affirms intelligent design and
> the belief that beauty, complexity and functionality in nature reflect the
> mind of God. Lamoureux also challenges the popular Christian assumption that
> the Holy Spirit revealed scientific and historical facts in the opening
> chapters of the Bible. He contends that "Scripture features an ancient
> understanding of origins that functions as vessel to deliver inerrant and
> infallible messages of faith. Lamoureux shares his personal story and his
> struggle in coming to terms with evolution and Christianity. Like many, he
> lost his boyhood faith at university in classes on evolutionary biology.
> After graduation, he experienced a born-again conversion and then embraced
> belief in a literal six-day creation. Graduate school training at the
> doctoral level in both theology and biology led him to the conclusion that
> God created the world through evolution. Lamoureux closes with the two most
> important issues in the origins controversy the pastoral and pedagogical
> implications. How should churches approach this volatile topic? And what
> should Christians teach their children about origins?
>
>
>
> Ah ha – his other book: he's written with Phillip Johnson: Darwinism
> Defeated<http://www.amazon.com/Darwinism-Defeated-Phillip-E-Johnson/dp/1573831336/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235013382&sr=1-2>.
> So is this a move in position?
>
>
>
> JP
>
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