Evolution Controversy, The: A Survey of Competing Theories

by Thomas B. Fowler, Daniel Kuebler (Contributor)

In the emotional debate surrounding evolution, it is often difficult to cut through the competing agendas to gain an unbiased understanding of the scientific issues involved. The Evolution Controversy provides a resource for doing so. The authors leave aside the profound philosophical and religious issues involved in the controversy in favor of a balanced and critical examination of the four major schools of thought Neo-Darwinism, Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Meta-Darwinism. The focus is on an objective evaluation of the scientific merits of each school, as well as an examination of areas of agreement and disagreement among the schools. The goal is to equip readers, whether students, church leaders, or the general public, to come to their own informed conclusions.

Genres: Evolution, Christian, Science

384 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2007

Reviews

[Jacob]

Reference Lost World of Genesis One by Walton

[Erika Nederveld · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does a good job of giving an overview of many different viewpoints on the topic of evolution.

At some points it just seems to take claims at face value without digging deeper. Obviously the purpose of this book is to give an overview and not to go into minute detail on every viewpoint; however I did feel that it gave some viewpoints unwarranted legitimacy.