SHOULD CHRISTIANS EMBRACE EVOLUTION
Biblical and scientific responses
Edited by Norman C. Nevin. IVP. 192 pages. £9.99
ISBN 978-1-84474-406-0
The last few years have seen the publication of several books which argue that theistic evolution is the only sensible option for intelligent Christians. This book is a symposium of 11 essays which question this assumption.
They particularly respond to Denis Alexander’s book Creation and Evolution — Do we need to choose? (Oxford, Monarch Books, 2008). They cover a wide range of disciplines from theology to thermodynamics and from philosophy to genetics. The authors are unequivocal in rejecting Alexander’s position, arguing that ‘Christians cannot accept modern evolutionary theory without also compromising essential teachings of the Bible’. Theistic evolution is poor theology and bad science.
