{"product_id":"monkey-trials-and-gorilla-sermons-evolution-and-christianity-from-darwin-to-intelligent-design-9780674032200","title":"Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons: Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the beginning, Darwin's dangerous idea has been a snake in the garden, denounced from pulpits then and now as incompatible with the central tenets of the Christian faith. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecovered here is the less well-known but equally long history of thoughtful engagement and compromise on the part of liberal theologians. Peter J. Bowler doesn't minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the existence of a long tradition within the churches that sought to reconcile Christian beliefs with evolution by finding reflections of the divine in scientific explanations for the origin of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy tracing the historical forerunners of these rival Christian responses, Bowler provides a valuable alternative to accounts that stress only the escalating confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur polarized society, Bowler says, has all too often projected its rivalries onto the past, concealing the efforts by both scientists and theologians to find common ground. Our perception of past confrontations has been shaped by an oversimplified model of a \"war\" between science and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy uncovering the complexity of the debates sparked by Darwin's theory, we might discover ways to depolarize our own debates about where we came from and why we are here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter J. Bowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674032200\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBowler, Peter J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter J. Bowler is Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's University Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40634346176627,"sku":"0674032209","price":48.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2a358be8-a066-4c4e-8829-a43a60889c2e.jpg?v=1671721342","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/monkey-trials-and-gorilla-sermons-evolution-and-christianity-from-darwin-to-intelligent-design-9780674032200","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}