Finding Darwin's God
Encyclopedia
Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution is a 2000 book by the American
cell biologist and Roman Catholic Kenneth R. Miller
wherein he argues that evolution
does not contradict religious faith. Miller argues that evolution occurred, that the earth is not young
, that science must work based on methodological naturalism, and that evolution cannot be construed as an effective argument for atheism
.
United States
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cell biologist and Roman Catholic Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth Raymond Miller is a biology professor at Brown University. Miller, who is Roman Catholic, is particularly known for his opposition to creationism, including the intelligent design movement...
wherein he argues that evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
does not contradict religious faith. Miller argues that evolution occurred, that the earth is not young
Young Earth creationism
Young Earth creationism is the religious belief that Heavens, Earth, and all life on Earth were created by direct acts of the Abrahamic God during a relatively short period, sometime between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago...
, that science must work based on methodological naturalism, and that evolution cannot be construed as an effective argument for atheism
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
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Reviews
- Review of Finding Darwin's God by Henry E. Neufeld (theistic evolutionist)
- Review of Kenneth Miller's "Finding Darwin's God" by Michael RuseMichael RuseMichael Ruse is a philosopher of biology at Florida State University, and is well known for his work on the creationism/evolution controversy and the demarcation problem in science...
for Metanexus Institute (agnostic) - Yin and Yang of Kenneth Miller: How Professor Miller finds Darwin's God by Amiel Rossow (skeptic)
- Finding Miller's King by Jed Macosko (ID creationist)
- Finding An Evolutionist's God by Henry M. MorrisHenry M. MorrisHenry Madison Morris was an American young earth creationist and Christian apologist. He was one of the founders of the Creation Research Society and the Institute for Creation Research...
(young earth creationist)