Can a Darwinian be a Christian?
The Relationship between Science and Religion

This book, first published in 2000, asks whether someone who accepts Darwinism subscribe simultaneously to the basic tenets of Christianity?

Michael Ruse (Author)

9780521637169, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 6 September 2004

256 pages, 11 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg

'Professor Ruse writes with grace and style … he can be credited with a book and theme of contemporary as well as historical significance.' Contemporary Review

This book, first published in 2000, adopts a balanced perspective on the subject to offer a serious examination of both Darwinism and Christianity. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Scopes Monkey Trial to claims about the religious significance of extraterrestrials. He deals with major figures in the current science/religion debate and considers in detail the claims of the new creationism, revealing some surprising parallels between Darwinian materialists and traditional thinkers such as St. Augustine. Michael Ruse argues that, although it is at times difficult for a Darwinian to embrace Christian belief, it is by no means inconceivable. At the same time he suggests ways in which a Christian believer should have no difficulty accepting evolution in general, and Darwinism in particular.

Prologue
1. Darwinism
2. Christianity
3. Origins
4. Humans
5. Naturalism
6. Design
7. Pain
8. Extraterrestrials
9. Christian ethics
10. Social Darwinism
11. Social biology
12. Freedom and determinism
Epilogue.

Subject Areas: Evolution [PSAJ], Philosophy of science [PDA], Philosophy of religion [HRAB]