Articles
Theological Implications of Simon Conway Morris’s Portrayal of Convergent Biological Evolution
Andrew Jackson
Pages: 2-19
Abstract
Simon Conway Morris’s publications on convergent biological evolution often contain provocative theo-philosophical commentary that may be construed in different ways. First, it may be interpreted as an attempt at a natural theology apologetic using an ‘argument from design’. Alternatively, it may be viewed through the lens of a ‘theology of nature’ whereby convergent evolution is a special case of divine exemplarity in which nature is said to reflect divine excellencies. Both of these approaches are problematic. A third option is that the theological significance of convergent evolution lies not in its apologetic or dogmatic import, but in its emotional impact or ‘affective salience’, derived from the sacramental power of creation.
Correspondence
A response to Andrew Jackson
Simon Conway Morris
Pages: 20-24
Response to Simon Conway Morris
Andrew Jackson
Pages: 25-29
A response to John Jefferson Davis’s article ‘The Spirit and the Glory’s Banishment from the Material World’
Peter Mott
Pages: 30-31
Book reviews
A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Short Guideto Einstein, Relativity and the Future of Faith
Alister McGrath, (Jonathan Lyonhart)
Pages: 32-33
The Territories of Human Reason: Science and Theology in an Age of Multiple Rationalities to Einstein, Relativity and the Future of Faith
Alister E. McGrath, (Tim Henstock)
Pages: 33-34
Neurology and Religion Theology in an Age of Multiple Rationalities to Einstein, Relativity and the Future of Faith
Alasdair Coles and Joanna Collicutt,
(Malcolm Jeeves)
Pages: 35-37
God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse: What Hawking Said and Why it Matters
David Hutchings and David Wilkinson,
(Steve Bishop)
Pages: 37-37
Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think about Religion
Elaine H. Ecklund, David R.
Johnson, Brandon Vaidyanathan,
Kirstin R. W. Matthews, Steven W.
Lewis, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and
Di Di
Pages: 38-39
Genesis, Science and the Beginning. Evaluating Interpretations of Genesis One on the Age of the Earth
Benjamin D. Smith Jr., (Peter J. M. van der Burgt)
Pages: 40-41
Why Free Will Is Real
Christian List, (Rob Heather)
Pages: 41-43
Science, Religions and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict
James C. Ungureanu, (Nick Spencer)
Pages: 43-45
Time to Act: A Resource Book by the Christians in Extinction Rebellion
Jeremy Williams, (Matt Patterson)
Pages: 45-46
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters
Sandra L. Richter, (Abigail Patterson)
Pages: 46-48
Caves, Coprolites and Catastrophes : The Story of Pioneering Geologist and Fossil-Hunter William Buckland
Allan Chapman, (Robert (Bob) White)
Pages: 48-49
Genesis 1 - 11
Rebecca S. Watson, (Ivan Haigh)
Pages: 49-51
Sarah’s Laughter – Doubt, Tears, and Christian Hope
Vinoth Ramachandra, (Denis Alexander)
Pages: 51-52
Science and Religion in Education:(Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education)
Berry Billingsley, Keith Chappell and
Michael Reiss (eds.), (Stephen Thompson)
Pages: 52-54
Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Theory
Gijsbert van den Brink, (Nathan R. James)
Pages: 54-56