Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons: Evolution and Christianity from Darwin to Intelligent Design

by Peter J. Bowler

Book Overview

From the beginning, Darwin's dangerous idea has been a snake in the garden, denounced from pulpits then and now as incompatible with the central tenets of Christian faith. Recovered here is the less well-known but equally long history of thoughtful engagement and compromise on the part of liberal theologians. Peter J. Bowler doesn't minimize the hostility of many of the faithful toward evolution, but he reveals the existence of a long tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674032209
• ISBN13: 9780674032200
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"