God, the devil, and Darwin : a critique of intelligent design theory / Niall Shanks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shanks, Niall, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligent design (Teleology).

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages)

Other Title:

Critique of intelligent design theory

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Subjects the scientific, theological, and political vision of the Intelligent Design movement to critical scrutiny, rejecting its central claims as scientifically unfounded, theologically dubious, and ethically backward.

Contents:

Foreword / Richard Dawkins

Preface

Introduction : The many designs of the intelligent design movement

1. The evolution of intelligent design arguments

2. Darwin and the illusion of intelligent design

3. Thermodynamics and the origins of order

4. Science and the supernatural

5. The biochemical case for intelligent design

6. The cosmological case for intelligent design

Conclusion : intelligent design on society

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988300-9

0-19-532237-1

1-280-83824-8

9786610838240

0-19-803667-1

1-4237-5683-5

OCLC:

64590295