God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?If we are to believe many modern commentators, science has squeezed God into a corner, killed and then buried him with its all-embracing explanations. Atheism, we are told, is the only intellectually tenable position, and any attempt to reintroduce God is likely to impede the progress of science. In this stimulating and thought-provoking book, John Lennox invites us to consider such claims very carefully. This book evaluates the evidence of modern science in relation to the debate between the atheistic and theistic interpretations of the universe, and provides a fresh basis for discussion. The chapters include:
Now updated and expanded, God's Undertaker is an invaluable contribution to the debate about science's relationship to religion. |
Contents
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Reductionreductionreduction | 46 |
Designer biosphere? | 76 |
Thenatureandscopeofevolution | 98 |
Theoriginoflife | 116 |
Matters of information | 139 |
Themonkeymachine | 154 |
Epilogue | 176 |
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