Science and Evolution: Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and Evolution [Paperback]

Nancy Pearcey (Author), Charles Colson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Developing a Christian Worldview | Publication Date: October 4, 2001

Each of these three books (Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and Evolution, Developing a Christian Worldview of the Problem of Evil, and Developing a Christian Worldview of the Christian in Today's Culture) is drawn from Colson's highly successful How Now Shall We Live? Shorter in length and accessible to readers, the Developing a Christian Worldview series is ideal for small-group study and classroom use. Each chapter begins with pre-reading questions, and each study session is made up of newly written discussion questions, role-playing activities, and challenges to implement key insights. All are designed to help readers grasp Colson's arguments and learn how to use the points effectively with non-Christians.

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Where did we come from and who are we? Science pretends to answer these questions objectively through experimental method and intellectual pursuit. But science (and the theory of evolution) have clearly become a philosophy--a biased worldview called naturalism--that does not allow the possibility of a Creator and rejects a Christian understanding of the world.

What do you as a Christian believe about science, evolution, and the view of creation known as intelligent design? What do you need to know to defend a Christian worldview against a naturalistic view presented by neighbors, teachers, and coworkers?

This special study edition drawn from the best-selling book How Now Shall We Live? addresses these questions in a profound yet practical way. Used as a six-week guide for individual study or small-group study by youth groups, Sunday school classes, or book groups, this book will inform you, prompt exciting and life-changing discussion, and challenge you to develop a consistent and influential Christian worldview.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (October 4, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842355839
• ISBN-13: 978-0842355834
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,563,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What A Disappointment!, December 20, 2001

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Eric Ribbens (Macomb, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Science and Evolution: Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and Evolution (Paperback)

What is badly needed is a case for a reasoned merger of Christian truth with scientific evolutionary theory. This has been eloquently done for Christian environmentalism, and I was looking forward to reading a thoughtful intellectual analysis of evolutionary theory and science from a Christian evangelical's perspective. What a disappointment! Colson and Pearcey had the opportunity to make a significant contribution, but chose instead to construct the usual tired strawman of equating science with naturalism and Christianity with allegiance to intelligent design. Neither naturalism nor intelligent design are science, and thus both are easily debunked from a scientific perspective.

Furthermore, Colson and Pearcey cannot even identify cogent new arguments for intelligent design. Instead they rely on naive and easily refuted arguments, such as the "irreducible complexity" of the eye (nonsense, there are numerous examples of intermediate stages of light recognition and processing) or that a fish evolving a lung would drown (we have air-breathing fish, and many amphibians change from a gill-breathing to a lung-breathing state).

In summary, if you want another stock argument for intelligent design, or if you like to read arguments that can easily be picked to pieces, get this book. Otherwise, don't bother.

6 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a disappointment, January 12, 2002

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Donald B. Johnson "jazzman2222" (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Science and Evolution: Developing a Christian Worldview of Science and Evolution (Paperback)

As a Christian, I found Colson's and Pearcey's magnum opun well worth reading, but this book (chapter in larger book) simply sides with the Intelligent Design side in the debate. I am sure the authors believe this is the Christian perspective, but I had hoped for insight into reconciling science and faith.