Creation and the Theory of Evolution

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Boardman Lectureship in Christian Ethics
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Ayala, Francisco J
Pannenberg, Wolfhart
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The Boardman Lecture, in cooperation with the Center For Theology and The Natural Sciences and The John Templeton Foundation, funded a conference on Creation and Theory of Evolution. The conference explored religion and science by offering two different approaches to the question of human origins. Geneticist Francisco Ayala explains the present state of our understanding of evolution and argues that such human phenomena as morality and religion are by-products of the evolutionary process that cannot be explained by natural selection. His lecture appears as "The Evolutionary Transcendence of Humankind." Dr. Pannenberg stressed that the God of religious faith must be the Creator of the same nature that is studied by scientists. He explores aspects of the Genesis creation story that are compatible with the theory of evolution. His lecture is "Human Life: Creation Versus Evolution?"

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1997-04-24
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Boardman Lectureship in Christian Ethics
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2023-05-16T23:22:12.000
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Boardman Lecture XXXV. Edited and Foreword by Susan Marks.
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