Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-522) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction : setting the contexts / James B. Miller -- Biological evolution : an introduction / Francisco J. Ayala -- The mechanism of evolution / Mark Ridley -- Darwinism in an age of molecular revolution / Charles R. Marshall -- Speciation / Douglas J. Futuyma -- Levels of selection : an alternative to individualism in biology and human sciences / David Sloan Wilson -- Why is life so complicated? / Freeman J. Dyson -- The evolution of life on earth / Stephen Jay Gould -- Punctuated equilibrium comes of age / Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge -- The evolution of Darwinism / Ledyard Stebbins and Francisco J. Ayala -- Human evolution : an overview / Ian Tattersall -- What is a species, and what is not? / Ernst Mayr --Chance and necessity : adaptation and novelty in evolution / Francisco J. Ayala -- A critical-historical perspective on the argument about evolution and creation / John R. Durant -- The creationists / Ronald L. Numbers -- Nonoverlapping magisteria / Stephen Jay Gould -- What science can gain and cannot offer to a religious narrative / Ursula Goodenough -- Does evolution rule out God's existence? / John F. Haught -- Does God play dice? : divine providence and chance / Elizabeth A. Johnson -- Welcoming the "disguised friend: a positive theological appraisal of biological evolution / Arthur R. Peacocke -- The evolution of the created co-creator / Philip Hefner -- Agape and human nature : contributions from neo-Darwinism / Stephen J. Pope -- The intelligent design movement / William A. Dembski -- Evidence for intelligent design from biochemistry / Michael J. Behe -- Life's grand design / Kenneth R. Miller -- Intelligent design as a theory of information / William A. Dembski -- How not to detect design / Branden Fitelson, Christopher Stephens, Elliott Sober -- A few suggestions for the proponents of intelligent design / Raymond E. Grizzle.
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