The Evolution-Creation Struggle

by Michael Ruse

Overview

In his latest book, Ruse uncovers surprising similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking. Exploring the underlying philosophical commitments of evolutionists, he reveals that those most hostile to religion are just as evangelical as their fundamentalist opponents. But more crucially, and reaching beyond the biblical issues at stake, he demonstrates that these two diametrically opposed ideologies have, since the Enlightenment, engaged in a struggle for the privilege of defining human origins, moral values, and the nature of reality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674042971
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	10/31/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	427 KB

About the Author

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on “Quirks and Quarks” and the Discovery Channel.

Table of Contents

Contents Prologue 1 Christianity and Its Discontents 2 From Progress to Evolution 3 Growth of a Pseudoscience 4 Charles Darwin 5 Failure of a Professional Science 6 Social Darwinism 7 Christian Responses 8 Fundamentalism 9 Population Genetics 10 Evolution Today 11 Nature as Promise 12 Earth’s Last Days? Conclusion Notes References and Reading Acknowledgments Index