Can Religious Belivers Accept Evolution?Nova Publishers |
Contents
Why Is There a Conflict Between Religion and Evolution? | |
What Does Evolution Say About Religion? | 3 |
What Does Religion Say About Evolution? | 7 |
What Kinds of Religion Have a Conflict With Evolution? | 11 |
What Does The Theory of Evolution Consist Of? | 17 |
What Causes Evolution? | 23 |
How Many Definitions of Evolution Are There? | 29 |
Isnt Evolution Just a Materialist Philosophy Meant as a Replacement for Religion? | 35 |
Hasnt The Effect of Evolution on Practical Ethics Been Negative? | 75 |
Does Evolution Have Anything to Say About the Universe the Big Bang and So Forth? | 79 |
Should the Book of Genesis Be Taken as the Literal Troth? | 85 |
Can Evolution Explain God? | 91 |
What Does Religion Have to Say About the Origin and Nature of Life? | 95 |
What Does Religion Say About Human Nature and Society? | 101 |
What Does Religion Have to Say About the Physical World? | 107 |
What are the Reasons for Rejecting Evolutionary Materialism? | 113 |
Is There Any Real Evidence For Evolution? | 41 |
What is the Relevance of Genes to Evolution? | 47 |
Is it Possible to Replace Evolution With Creationism or Some Other Theory? | 53 |
What Does Evolution Say About Human Nature? | 57 |
Can Evolution Explain the Origin of the Human Mind? | 63 |
Does Evolution Have Anything to Say About Society and Social Ethics? | 69 |
Can There be a Compromise Between Religion and Evolution? | 117 |
What is the Place of Man Amidst All Living Species and the Environment? | 121 |
Finally How Should the Religious Believer Regard Evolution? | 125 |
Selected Bibliography | 129 |
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