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Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution

by Karl Giberson

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Paperback · 256 pages HarperCollins · 2009

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Saving Darwin

Evolution Is Not the Bible's Enemy

Physicist Karl W. Giberson traces the rise of modern creationism from nineteenth-century flood geology to twentieth-century controversies. The book examines how sectarian movements and local school board disputes turned scientific debates into polarized cultural crusades.

American fundamentalists linked evolutionary biology to social anxieties over biblical literalism and public education. Giberson details the evidence for common ancestry while assessing the fears that divide believers from modern science.

Saving Darwin explores the history of the controversy that swirls around evolution science, from Darwin to current challenges, and shows why—and how—it is possible to believe in God and evolution at the same time.

  • History of Science: Explores Charles Darwin’s theological training at Cambridge, his early reliance on William Paley’s natural theology, and how personal grief after the 1851 death of his daughter Annie eroded his childhood faith.
  • American History: Uncovers the roots of young-earth creationism in the prophetic visions of Seventh-day Adventist Ellen White, later popularized by George McCready Price and codified in the 1961 text The Genesis Flood.
  • Intelligent Design: Critiques irreducible complexity and William Dembski’s explanatory filter, explaining why design arguments falter when confronted with biological grimness like the parasitic Ichneumon wasp.
  • Science and Theology: Examines compelling genetic evidence for common ancestry found in shared pseudogenes, presenting an intellectual framework where biological reality deepens rather than destroys religious wonder.


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Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Karl Giberson
Format
Paperback
Published
Jun 2, 2009
ISBN-13
9780061441738
ISBN-10
0061441732
Pages
256
Carton quantity
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