Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Evolution (Theistic Evolution / Intelligent Design)


Multiple Perspectives.



Kenneth Keathley, J. B. Stump, Joe Aguirre, eds., Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation? Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2017]. Preview.


J. P. Moreland, John Mark Reynolds, gen. eds., Counterpoints: Three Views on Creation and Evolution, [Grand Rapids: ZondervanPublishingHouse, 1999].


William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse, eds., Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA, [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004].


Robert B. Stewart, ed., Intelligent Design: William A. Dembski & Michael Ruse in Dialogue, [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007].


J. B. Stump, gen. ed., Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2017]. Preview.


Matthew Barrett, Ardel B. Caneday, gen. eds., Four Views on the Historical Adam, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2013]. Preview.


Del Ratzsch, The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996]. Preview.


Jon Buell, Virginia Hearn, eds., Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? [Richardson: Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1994].


Tim Stafford, The Adam Quest: Eleven Scientists Who Held on to a Strong Faith While Wrestling with the Mystery of Human Origins, [Nashville: Nelson Books, 2013].


Hans Schwarz, Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2005], 7. Stemming the Tide of Scientific Materialism, pp. 185-231.



Fiat Creation and Evolutionary Creation?



S. Joshua Swamidass, The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019]. Preview.



Intelligent Design.



Philip E. Johnson, Darwin on Trial, [Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1991].


Vern S. Poythress, Did Adam Exist? [Philadelphia: Westminster Seminary Press, 2014]. See also: frame-poythress.org/ebooks/.

 

Jonathan Wells, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, [Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006].


William A. Dembski, Sean McDowell, Understanding Intelligent Design, [Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2008].


William A. Dembski, James M. Kushiner, eds., Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design, [Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2001].


J. P. Moreland, et al., eds., Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2017]. Preview.


William A. Dembski, The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities, [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999].


Jonathan Wells, Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong, [Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2002].


William A. Dembski, Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1999].


William A. Dembski, et al., eds., The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith: Exploring the Ultimate Questions About Life and the Cosmos, [Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2021]. Preview.


William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004].


William A. Dembski, ed., Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998].


Douglas Axe, Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed, [New York: HarperOne, 2016]. Preview.


William A. Dembski, Jonathan Wells, The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Intelligence in Biological Systems, [Dallas: The Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 2008]. Preview.


Michael J. Behe, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, [New York: Free Press, 2006].


Michael J. Behe, A Mousetrap for Darwin: Michael J. Behe Responds to His Critics, [Seattle: Discovery Institute, 2020].


Michael J. Behe, The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism, [New York: Free Press, 2007].


Michael J. Behe, Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution, [New York: HarperOne, 2019]. Preview.


Stephen C. Meyer, Signature in the Cell: DNA And The Evidence For Intelligent Design, [New York: Harper One, 2009].


David Klinghoffer, ed., Signature of Controversy: Responses to Critics of Signature in the Cell, [Seattle: Discovery Institute Press, 2010].


Stephen C. Meyer, Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, [New York: Harper One, 2013].


David Klinghoffer, ed., Debating Darwin’s Doubt: A Scientific Controversy That Can No Longer Be Denied, [Seattle: Discovery Institute Press, 2015].



Theistic Evolution.



Denis Alexander, Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? Second Edition: Revised and Updated, [Oxford: Monarch Books, 2014].


David N. Livingstone, Darwin’s Forgotten Defenders: The Encounter Between Evangelical Theology and Evolutionary Thought, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1987].


Conor Cunningham, Darwin’s Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get it Wrong, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2010].


Nancey C. Murphy, Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy set the Theological Agenda, [Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2007], Pt. 1, Ch. 3, “Immanence or Intervention: How Does God Act in the World,” pp. 62-82.


Nancey Murphy, “Science, Divine Action, and the Intelligent Design Movement: A Defense of Theistic Evolution;” In: Intelligent Design: William A. Dembski & Michael Ruse in Dialogue, ed. Robert B. Stewart, [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007], pp. 154ff.


Timothy Keller, “Creation, Evolution, and Christian Laypeople,” (February 23, 2012), https://biologos.org/articles/creation-evolution-and-christian-laypeople. See also: biologos.org.


C. John Collins, Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who They Were and Why You Should Care, [Wheaton: Crossway, 2011]. Preview.


John H. Walton, The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2015]. Preview.


Peter Enns, The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say About Human Origins, [Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2012].


Francis S. Collins, The Language of God, [New York: Free Press, 2006].


Karl W. Giberson, Francis S. Collins, The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions, [Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2011].


Stanley P. Rosenberg, gen. ed., Finding Ourselves after Darwin: Conversations on the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil, [Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018]. Preview.


Gijsbert Van den Brink, Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Theory, [Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2020]. Preview.


Derek Kidner, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary, [Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1967], “III. Human Beginnings,” pp. 26-31.


Keith B. Miller, ed., Perspectives on an Evolving Creation, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2003].


Deborah B. Haarsma, Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, and Evolution, [Grand Rapids: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2007].


Vernon Bauer, Can a Christian Be an Evolutionist? [North Charleston: CreateSpace, 2011].


Kathryn Applegate, J. B. Stump, eds., How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016].


Mark A. Noll, David N. Livingstone, eds., B. B. Warfield: Evolution, Science, and Scripture: Selected Writings, [Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2019; previously published by Baker Book House, 2000]. Preview.


Denis O. Lamoureux, Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution, [Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2008].


Denis O. Lamoureux, I Love Jesus & I Accept Evolution, [Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2009].


D. G. Hart, John R. Muether, “Inerrancy or Design? Old Princeton and Evolution;” In: Ordained Servant, Vol. 9, No. 1, (January 2000): 4-6. See also: opc.org.


Mark A. Noll, Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2011], “A Case Study: B. B. Warfield, Concursus, and Evolution,” pp. 110-116.


James Iverach, Christianity and Evolution, [London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894].


Thomas C. Oden, The Living God: Systematic Theology: Volume One, [San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1987], “Evolution,” pp. 265-267.


Jan Lever, Creation and Evolution, trans. Peter G. Berkhout, [Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids International Publications, 1958].


Cornelius van der Kooi, Gijsbert van den Brink, Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction, trans. Reinder Bruinsma, James D. Bratt, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2017], 6.5, pp. 224-228.


Charles Hodge, What is Darwinism? [New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1874], pp. 52, 104, 176-177.

Cf. Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Volume II, [London and Edinburg: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1872], pp. 16, 18.


Augustus Hopkins Strong, Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace Book Designed for the Use of Theological Students: Three Volumes in One, [Philadelphia: The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1912], Part III: The Scriptures A Revelation From God, Chapter I: Preliminary Considerations, §. III. Miracles, As Arresting a Divine Revelation, pp. 117ff; Part V: Anthropology, Or the Doctrine of Man, Chapter I: Preliminary, pp. 465ff. See also: gutenberg.org and monergism.com. 


P. T. Forsyth, “Some Christian Aspects of Evolution [October, 1905];” In: The London Quarterly Review: Published in July and October, 1905: Vol. CIV.—Fourth Series, Vol. II, ed. W. T. Davison, [London: Charles H. Kelly, 1905], pp. 209ff.


Francis Landey Patton, “Evolution and Apologetics;” In: The Presbyterian Review: Volume VI: 1885, [New York: The Presbyterian Review Association, 1885], No. 21, January 1885, pp. 138ff.


Bruce K. Waltke, with Charles Yu, An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007], 7.G, pp. 202-203. Preview.


Gavin Ortlund, Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2020], “Chapter Five: Can We Evolve on Evolution Without Falling From the Fall? Augustine on Adam and Eve,” pp. 183-239. Preview.


John R. W. Stott, Understanding the Bible: Revised Edition, [London: Scripture Union, 1993], pp. 48ff.


Del Ratzsch, The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996], “12: Theistic Evolution: Catching it from Both Sides,” pp. 180ff. Preview.


Alister E. McGrath, A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology: The 2009 Gifford Lectures, [Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009], “Augustine’s Notion of the Rationes Seminales, pp. 101-108; “Chapter 14: The Outcomes of Evolution,” pp. 183ff.


Alister E. McGrath, The Big Question: Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Science, Faith and God, [New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015], “Five: Darwin and Evolution,” pp. 101ff.


William T. Cavanaugh, James K. A. Smith, eds., Evolution and the Fall, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2017].


Karl Barth, “To Christine Barth, Zollikofen, near Been,” Basel, 18 February, 1965; In: Karl Barth Letters: 1961-1968, trans. Geoffrey W. Bromily, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1981], Letter 181, p. 184.


Michael F. Bird, Evangelical Theology: Second Edition: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction, [Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2020], pp. 737-739. Preview.


Tony Lane, Exploring Christian Doctrine: A Guide to What Christians Believe, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2014], pp. 64-65. Preview. 


Vern S. Poythress, Redeeming Science: A God Centered Approach, [Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2006], pp. 252-253, 255.


Abraham Kuyper, Evolutie, [Rectorale Oratie, Vrije Universiteit, 1899], pp. 46-48. trans. Jan Lever, Creation and Evolution, trans. Peter G. Berkhout, [Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids International Publications, 1958], p. 229.


James Petigru Boyce, Abstract Of Systematic Theology, [Louisville: Chas. T. Dearing, 1882], p. 188.


Archibald Alexander Hodge, Outlines of Theology: Rewritten and Enlarged, [New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1878], pp. 39-40.


A. A. Hodge, “Introduction;” In: Joseph Smith Van Dyke, Theism and Evolution: An Examination of Modern Speculative Theories as Related to Theistic Conceptions of the Universe, [New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1886], p. xviii.


James Montgomery Boice, Foundations of the Christian faith: A Comprehensive & Readable Theology: Revised in One Volume, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1986], p. 163.


B. B. Warfield, “Creation versus Evolution;” In: The Bible Student: Volume IV: Number 1: July, 1901, [Columbia: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1901], p. 8.


God’s Two Books (Scripture and Nature).


Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (c. 354-430 A.D.): These Thou dost discuss with us most wisely, our God, in Thy Book, Thy ‘firmament,’ so that we may clearly see all things by a marvelous contemplation, though still through signs, and seasons, and days and years. (Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, 13.18.23; PL, 32:855; trans. FC, 21:428-429.)


Archibald Alexander Hodge, Outlines of Theology: Rewritten and Enlarged, [New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1879], pp. 246-248.


Mark A. Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1994], pp. 182-185.


Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Vol. I, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1883], pp. 59, 170-171, 573-574.


Charles Hodge, What is Darwinism? And Other Writings on Science and Religion, eds. Mark A. Noll, David N. Livingstone, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1994], pp. 49-59.


Tremper Longman III, Confronting Old Testament Controversies: Pressing Questions about Evolution, Sexuality, History, and Violence, [Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2019], pp. 22-24. Preview. 


Augustus Hopkins Strong, Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace Book Designed for the Use of Theological Students: Three Volumes in One, [Philadelphia: The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1912], pp. 13, 27, 28.


Bernard L. Ramm, The Christian View of Science and Scripture, [Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1955], pp. 32ff.


Hans Schwarz, Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2005], pp. 209ff.


J. Daryl Charles, ed., Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation, [Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 2013], p. 72. Preview.


Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, [Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994], p. 295.


Galileo Galilei, “Letter to Madame Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany: Concerning the Use of Biblical Quotations in Matters of Science [1615];” In: Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, trans. Stillman Drake, [New York: Anchor Books, 1957], pp. 181-182.


Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, No. 719 of Everyman’s Library, ed. G. W. Kitchen, [London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1915], pp. 41-42.


Mark A. Noll, David Livingstone, “Charles Hodge and B. B. Warfield on Science, the Bible, Evolution and Darwinism;” In: Perspectives on an Evolving Creation, ed. Keith B. Miller, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2003], p. 66.


Mark A. Noll, “Science, Theology, and Society;” In: Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective, eds. David N. Livingstone, D. G. Hart, Mark A. Noll, [New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999], p. 109.


The Belgic Confession of Faith, Article II; trans. Philip Schaff, Bibliotheca Symbolica Ecclesiæ Universalis: The Creeds of Christendom: With a History and Critical Notes: Volume III, [New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877], p. 384.


The Nature of Providence.


John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1.16.7; trans. The Library of Christian Classics: Volume XX: Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion: In Two Volumes (Vol. XX: Books I.i to III.xix), ed. John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles, [Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1960], pp. 205-207.

Archibald Alexander Hodge, Popular Lectures on Theological Themes, [Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1887], pp. 38-41, 43-47.


Archibald Alexander Hodge, Outlines of Theology: Rewritten and Enlarged, [New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1879], p. 65.


N. T. Wright, Who Was Jesus? [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993], p. 81.


Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Vol. I, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons], 1883, pp. 607, 618.


Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology: Vol. II, [New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1883], p. 74.


Augustus Hopkins Strong, Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace Book Designed for the Use of Theological Students: Three Volumes in One, [Philadelphia: The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1912], pp. 118-119, 121, 122, 123.


James McCosh, Christianity and Positivism: A Series of Lectures to the Times on Natural Theology and Apologetics, [New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1874], pp. 90-92.


Nancey Murphy, “Science, Divine Action, and the Intelligent Design Movement: A Defense of Theistic Evolution;” In: Intelligent Design: William A. Dembski & Michael Ruse in Dialogue, ed. Robert B. Stewart, [Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2007], pp. 154ff.


Nancey C. Murphy, Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism: How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy set the Theological Agenda, [Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2007], Pt. 1, Ch. 3, “Immanence or Intervention: How Does God Act in the World,” pp. 62-82.


David N. Livingstone, Darwin’s Forgotten Defenders: The Encounter Between Evangelical Theology and Evolutionary Thought, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1987], “Chapter 4: Darwin and the Divines,” pp. 100ff.


David L. Wilcox, “Reply to Arthur M. Shapiro: Tamed Tornadoes;” In: Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? eds. Jon Buell, Virginia Hearn, [Richardson: Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1994], p. 215.


Francis Landey Patton, “Evolution and Apologetics;” In: The Presbyterian Review: Volume VI: 1885, [New York: The Presbyterian Review Association, 1885], No. 21, January 1885, p. 140.


James Iverach, Christianity and Evolution, [London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894], pp. 175-176.


James Orr, God’s Image in Man and Its Defacement in the Light of Modern Denials, [London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905], p. 96.


B. B. Warfield, “Apologetical Theology;” In: The Princeton Theological Review: Volume VI: 1908, [Princeton: The Princeton University Press, 1908], Number 4, October 1908, p. 649.



A Critique of Functionalism (In Favor of a Structural Approach to Biological Development).



Michael Denton, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, [Seattle: Discovery Institute Press, 2016].


Richard Owen, On the Nature of Limbs: A Discourse, ed. Ron Amundson, [University of Chicago Press, 2008]. Preview.

Cf. Richard Owen, On The Nature Of Limbs: A Discourse: Delivered On Friday, February 9, At An Evening Meeting Of The Royal Institution Of Great Britain, [London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, 1849].


Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe, [New York: The Free Press, 1998].


Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, [Bethesda: Adler & Adler, 1986].



Natural Evil.



Gavin Ortlund, “On the Fall of Angels and the Fallenness of Nature: An Evangelical Hypothesis Regarding Natural Evil;” In: Evangelical Quarterly 87.2 (2015): 114-136.


Gavin Ortlund, “On Lapsarian Theodicy,” (April 30, 2021), https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/2021/04/on-lapsarian-theodicy/.


Gavin Ortlund, Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy, [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2020], Chapter Four: “In Praise of Ashes and Dung” Augustine on Animal Death, pp. 151-182. Preview.


C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, [New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1962].


C. S. Lewis, “The Pains of Animals: A Problem in Theology;” In: C. S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, ed. Walter Hooper, [Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1970], pp. 161-171.


David Luy, Matthew Levering, George Kalantzis, eds., Evil and Creation: Historical and Constructive Essays in Christian Dogmatics, [Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2020].


John R. Schneider, Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil, [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020]. Preview.


Christopher Southgate, The Groaning of Creation: God, Evolution, and the Problem of Evil, [Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008].


Michael J. Murray, Nature Red in Tooth and Claw: Theism and the Problem of Animal Suffering, [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008]. Preview.


Michael A. Corey, Evolution and the Problem of Natural Evil, [Lanham: University Press of America, Inc., 2000]. Preview.


Ronald E. Osborn, Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering, [Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2014].


καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν ~ Soli Deo Gloria


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