Understanding the Christianity-Evolution Relationship

Michael Ruse is Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Ontario and recently retired as the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, Florida. His research interests focus on Darwinian evolutionary theory. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Gifford Lecturer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of four honorary degrees. He is the author/editor of over sixty books, including The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2013), The Cambridge History of Atheism (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Understanding Natural Selection (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

• Preface; 1. Rival paradigms; 2. The mechanists' god; 3. The organicists' god; 4. Humans; 5. Environment; 6. Hate; Epilogue; Common Misunderstandings; Bibliography.

'The indefatigable Michael Ruse has produced a fascinating and most distinctive book in his Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship. Eschewing a conventional approach to exploring this aspect of the science and religion question, Ruse uses his exceptional knowledge of the history and philosophy of biology to look at a very wide range of aspects of the Christianity–evolution relationship. These he illuminates with his inimitable turns of phrase and frequent deep insights.' Revd Professor Michael J. Reiss, University College London and the International Society for Science and Religion