Science & Christianity
Image via Wikipedia I recently received a copy of John F. Haught 's new book Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Life . Haught is a Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at Woodstock Theological Center , Georgetown University and Professor of Theology Emeritus. He testified at the Dover trial on Intelligent Design back in 2005. His book opens some interesting topics for discussion and is certainly worth a few posts. The first chapters of the book deal with Darwin, Design, and Diversity ... with Dawkins and Dennett as counterpoint (we can throw in some Coyne for variety). There is an assumption - in Darwin at some level, but more pronounced in our science and faith discussions today - that either there are scientific explanations for design and diversity or there are theological explanations for design and diversity. The scientific explanations rule out the need for theological explanations. Theological explanations in the presen...