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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Dowd |
| ISBN: | 9781571782106 1571782109 |
| OCLC Number: | 124074854 |
| Description: | xxix, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Our big picture understanding of reality -- Evolution is not meaningless blind chance -- Evolution and the revival of the human spirit -- Private and public revelation -- The nested emergent nature of divine creativity -- Words create worlds -- What do we mean by the word"God"? -- Growing an evolutionary faith -- REALizing "the fall" and "original sin" -- REALizing "personal salvation" -- Evolutionary integrity practice -- Evolving our most intimate relationships -- Transformed by the renewal of your mind -- Collective sin and salvation -- The wisdom of life's collective intelligence -- Knowing the past reveals our way forward -- Beyond sustainability: an inspiring vision -- Our evolving understanding of "God's will" -- Appendix A: "Good and bad reasons for believing" / Richard Dawkins -- Appendix B: REALizing the miraculous. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Dowd. |
Abstract:
A movement has been growing over the past few decades that takes our common creation story -- the epic of cosmic, biological, and human evolution revealed by science -- as the basis for an inspiring and meaningful view of our place in the universe. Rev. Michael Dowd, "America's evolutionary evangelist," is at the forefront of this movement. This well informed, thoroughly researched, and inspired book proclaims a gospel billions of years old. It builds bridges, provides guidance, and restores realistic hope for virtually everyone, regardless of belief or worldview. Thank God for Evolution presents in a lively and accessible manner the reasons why it is now possible to view evolution as a call to deep integrity; how a dozen scientific disciplines reveal evolution to be measurably creative, rather than meaningless blind chance; practical methods for using evolutionary insights to achieve greater joy and personal fulfillment; and how aligning with evolutionary trends can guide activists and others hoping to make our world a better place. As a Christian minister, Dowd especially addresses the concerns that Christians have about evolution, but this book contains insights that will appeal to all people of faith and of no faith. Fun and uplifting, Thank God for Evolution goes beyond the current debate to offer up a whole new way of thinking about science and religion. - Publisher.
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