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Mapping the Origins Debate

Book Review: Mapping the Origins Debate

April 29, 2014 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Perhaps I'm stating the obvious but most discussions of origins seem to generate far more heat than light. They preach to the choir of those who agree, fail to engage those with whom they disagree on their own terms and perpetuate the unfortunate notion that Christianity and science are at war with each other. Gerald Rau's  Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything  (InterVarsity Press, 2012)  is a notable exception to that trend in that it is intended to promote understanding and … [Read more...] about Book Review: Mapping the Origins Debate

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: creation, direction evolution, evolution, Gerald Rau, intervarsity press, Mapping the Origins Debate, non-teleological evolution, old earth creationism, origin, planned evolution, science and faith

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