God and Evolution? Science Meets FaithMeet the “match made in heaven” between religion and science as they harmoniously converge through exploring the Catholic view on God and evolution. Author Dr. Verschuuren, a practicing Catholic and human geneticist, challenges the ‘black and white’ attitude toward matters of religion and science. Through drawing upon religion, philosophy, and biology, he reveals that science and religion answer different dimensions to the same fundamental question, “Where do we come from?” allowing for a compatible, and desirable coexistence—one that preserves, and in fact intensifies, God’s splendor. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Roman Catholic Position
| 5 |
Where We Come FromAccording to the Bible
| 19 |
Where We Come FromAccording to Science
| 37 |
Beware of Worldviews
| 85 |
A Fair Balance Creation Evolution
| 135 |
| 185 | |
| 187 | |
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