The creationist debate : the encounter between the Bible and the historical mind / Arthur McCalla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCalla, Arthur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creationism.

Bible and evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, c2006.

Summary:

This book places the present Creationist opposition to the theory of evolution in historical context by setting out the ways in which, from the seventeenth century onwards, investigations of the history of the earth and of humanity have challenged the biblical views of chronology and human destiny, and the Christian responses to these challenges. The author's interest is not primarily directed to questions such as the epistemological status of scientific versus religious knowledge or the possibility of a Darwinian ethics, but rather to the problems, and various responses to the problems, raise

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1 THE TWO BOOKS; Chapter 2 MACHINE OR RUIN?; Chapter 3 BIBLICAL EXCEPTIONALISM; Chapter 4 HISTORIES OF THE GENTILES; Chapter 5 THE BIRTH OF DEEP TIME; Chapter 6 'CREATION'S FINAL LAW'; Chapter 7 THE HIGHER CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE; Chapter 8 EVOLUTION AND DESIGN; Chapter 9 PREHISTORIC HUMANS; Chapter 10 THE BIBLE IN AMERICA; Chapter 11 FUNDAMENTALISM; Chapter 12 YOUNG-EARTH CREATIONISM; Chapter 13 CREATION SCIENCE; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612014000

9781282014008

1282014005

9781441190383

1441190384

OCLC:

385340963