carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes) (08/08/85)
Most of the debates about creation/evolution focus on the incompatibility between "creation-science" and real science. However, a book I came across recently, *Is God a Creationist? The Religious Case Against Creation-Science*, ed. R. M. Frye, makes the case that 20th-century creationists' ignorance of their own religious and theological tradition is at least as profound as their ignorance of science. Having had some exposure to Christian theology in the past, I tend to agree. The book is a collection of articles by various theologians and scholars (and a Pope), and looks very good so far. All of the contributors accept the Christian doctrine of creation, BTW. Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes
bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) (08/11/85)
> Most of the debates about creation/evolution focus on the > incompatibility between "creation-science" and real science. > However, a book I came across recently, *Is God a Creationist? The > Religious Case Against Creation-Science*, ed. R. M. Frye, makes the > case that 20th-century creationists' ignorance of their own religious > and theological tradition is at least as profound as their ignorance > of science. I agree. Another recent book of interest in this context is *The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science*, by Conrad Hyers (John Knox Press, Atlanta, 1984). Hyers is a Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College. I found it a very provocative book. -- "Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {allegra,ihnp4}!{ut-sally,noao}!utastro!bill (uucp) bill%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA (ARPANET)
dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Risky Rat) (08/12/85)
> [Richard Carnes] > Most of the debates about creation/evolution focus on the > incompatibility between "creation-science" and real science. > However, a book I came across recently, *Is God a Creationist? The > Religious Case Against Creation-Science*, ed. R. M. Frye, makes the > case that 20th-century creationists' ignorance of their own religious > and theological tradition is at least as profound as their ignorance > of science. Having had some exposure to Christian theology in the > past, I tend to agree. The book is a collection of articles by > various theologians and scholars (and a Pope), and looks very good so > far. All of the contributors accept the Christian doctrine of > creation, BTW. "The" Christian doctrine of creation? Evolutionists tell us too often that the fundamentalists endorse only one very narrow view of Genesis and that most denonimations (or schools of thought, or [insert your own concept used for dividing Christians into categories for classificatory purposes]) have long ago made their peace with Darwin (as the phrase usually goes). So what is "the" doctrine? Kehoe makes somewhat the same point (Godfrey, _Scientists Confront Creationism_). So does Aulie (_American Biology Teacher_, Apr and May 1972, v34). There's also an article in Zetterberg's book, and one in Montagu's book, both of which make the same point. -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | Ritual and Ceremony: Life Itself. |