By design or by chance? / Denyse O'Leary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Leary, Denyse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligent design (Teleology).

Physical Description:

xiii, 337 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Augsburg Books, [2004]

Summary:

Writing in an accessible journalist style, Denyse O'Leary guides the reader on a fascinating journey through the world of Intelligent Design (ID) and Darwinian evolution. The author approached this subject at the beginning "with no clear convictions about it, nor any desire to enter a controversy." What emerged on these pages is a well-organized and clear introduction to the basic question of life's origins: What is life, and how did it come about? Did the universe arise by change, or was it designed? By Design or by change is a fresh intellectual breeze that clears ways much of the smog and dust obscuring core issues surrounding the origin of life. From cosmology to theology, from the philosophy of science to the text of Genesis, O'Leary address all with refreshing clarity.

Contents:

By design or by chance?

The best arguments for chance

The best arguments for design

Why design or chance matters so much

Who was Darwin? : what did He really say?

Who loved Darwin? : who hated him?

The Scopes trial : what really happened?

How modern evolutionists have evolved away from Darwin

Darwin's quarreling heirs : Dawkins vs. Gould

Creationism : morphing into a modern movement

Can a scientist be a creationist?

Why has creationism been growing?

Intelligent design : why so controversial?

Is ID good science? : is it science at all?

Is ID good theology? : is it theology at all?

The future of design.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-323) and index.

ISBN:

0806651776

OCLC:

55055419