"Number 5, January 16, 2009"--Cover. Series citation on spine: "CORE issues 5" Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The real debate over creationism and species / Todd Charles Wood, Paul A. Garner -- Evolving Christian views of species / Paul A. Garner -- The kind-ness of God : a theological reflection of Mîn, "Kind" / Kenneth J. Turner -- Oceanic islands and their plants as a test of post-flood speciation / Roger W. Sanders -- Natura facit saltum : the case for discontinuity / Todd Charles Wood -- Mammal kinds : how many were on the ark? / Kurt P. Wise -- Symbiosis, relationship and the origin of species / Joseph W. Francis.
Summary:
A belief in creationism, even in young-age creationism, does not necessitate belief in the unique creation of each species. Instead, many creationists accept a secondary origin of species from ancestors originally created by God. In this view, groups of modern species constitute the "Genesis kinds" that God originally created and beyond which evolution cannot proceed (if it can even be called 'evolution'). In this collection of papers, six scholars examine the species and the Genesis kinds. Topics covered include the history of creationist and Christian perspectives on the origin of species, an analysis of the Hebrew word min (kind) from the perspective of biblical theology, a baseline of minimum speciation within kinds inferred from island endemics, a comprehensive list of proposed kinds from the mammalian fossil record, the occurrence of discontinuity between kinds, and the origin of new species by symbiosis. - Abstract.
Series:
Center for Origins Research issues in creation ; no. 5
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