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Nature's Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith (Living Theology) | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel M. Harrell
Creator: Tony Jones
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 123484
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 165
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0687642353
Dewey Decimal Number: 231.7652
EAN: 9780687642359
ASIN: 0687642353
Publication Date: September 2008
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An accessible, thought-provoking exploration of evolutions witness to the God of creation.
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 A great read for folks on both sides of the debate November 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a great book. If you're a Christian who breaks into a cold sweat when the topic turns to evolution (you know who you are), this is a great book for you. It will help you remember that God is all about truth--even truth revealed through science.
If you think Christianity is just for uneducated folk who ignore science, this is for you, too. It will challenge some of the assumptions you have about Christians and maybe even some of the conclusions you draw from scientific observations.
Christians may have to re-read some of the science sections, and scientists may need to re-read some of the theology sections, but Nature's Witness really is intellectual, accessible, and funny, too.
 Addresses Questions I Didn't Know I Had November 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Harrell answers questions that I didn't realize I needed to be asking. When I was in about third grade in a Catholic elementary school, one of my classmates asked how God could have created the world if evolution is true. Our teacher explained that we shouldn't read the Bible literally, and God did create the world and evolution is how God did it. Third grade was a long time ago, but I never thought about such things on a deeper level, and never understood how intelligent people could be troubled by evolution.
Harrell explains why evolution does indeed pose a significant challenge that deserves sophisticated thought, and then proceeds to show on a much deeper level how the different concepts fit together. I'm not sure that my answers end up being the same as his -- though I'm a middling theologian and an abysmal scientist so take that with a grain of salt -- but this was a tremendously helpful introduction to the issues. It is also packed with footnotes, for those who would like to explore further.
Read it if you are troubled by the intersection by Christian theology and evolution, or if you do not understand why people could be troubled.
Nature's Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith (Living Theology)
Very Helpful October 28, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Harrell discusses the issues in a down-to-earth, pastoral way, and manages to address some of the thorny theological questions straightforwardly, graciously, and hopefully. I don't necessarily agree with every approach Harrell takes (a little too much Moltmann, maybe?), but I found this book enormously encouraging because it engages Truth from a broadly evangelical perspective without fear or defensiveness.
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