Christianity and Darwinism
The Journey Is More Important Than the Destination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3140795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Ruse (0000-0001-5740-0169, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 124 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12020124 |
| OpenAlex | W3130644018 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
Does God exist? If he does, what is the evidence for this? Can one arrive at God through reason (natural theology), or is it faith or nothing (revealed theology)? I write of my lifetime of wrestling with this question. Raised a Quaker, I lost my faith at the age of 20. As an academic, I became an expert on Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution through natural selection. How can I make sense of-and how can I reconcile-these two hugely important things in my life? At the age of 80, I find myself a long-standing agnostic. This is not, as Francis Collins claims, a "cop out." Showing my debt to my Quaker heritage, I am theologically apophatic. I can say only what I do not know. I find this quite-out-of-character modesty hugely exciting. It gives my life great meaning
Christianity · Darwinism · Epistemology · Faith · Natural theology · Nothing · Theology · Evolution and Science Education · History · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies
Taking God Seriously
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life /
Creative evolution /
L'évolution créatrice /
Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Teilhard's Process Metaphysics
The Romantic Conception of Life
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |