Thank God for Evolution (Electronic book text)

The debate over evolution versus creation, science versus religion, has been bitter and divisive, with both camps refusing to see the points of the other. Now, Reverend Michael Dowd puts those divisions to rest. Dowd offers a perspective that allows both views to exist in harmony. With evidence from contemporary astrophysics, geology, biology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, he finds a unity, not a collision, with religion. Ranging over concepts as diverse as deep ecology, original sin, the Big Bang, salvation, and sustainability, Thank God for Evolution celebrates a cosmology that is comprehensive and non-exclusionary. Dowd provides a solid moral and ethical foundation for a life of passion and deep meaning in troubled times. Science and religion are, in Dowd's view, two sides of the same coin. Embraced and lauded by Nobel laureates in the scientific community and religious leaders alike, Thank God for Evolution is intended for the broadest of audiences. It reaches across religious lines and speaks to Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Unitarian Universalist, Buddhist, agnostic, and other beliefs with a uniquely inclusive approach. No matter what an individual's beliefs or background, Thank God for Evolution will expand the horizon of what is possible for self, for relationships, and for our world. It will help readers communicate and relate to those who hold very different religious or philosophical worldviews. This book is a perfect gift, not to convert others to one way of thinking but to converse with them deeply about those things that matter most.