Why Evolution Matters : A Jewish View.
Rutman, Joel Yehudah.
Why Evolution Matters : A Jewish View. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages)
Cover -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- How Can God Be Considered To Have Created The World When, According To Evolution, Everything Just Happened? -- Chapter 1 -- The Conflict -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Evolution of the Cosmos -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Evolution of Life -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Evidence for Predictability and Progress in the Evolution of Life -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Life Evolves under a Loose Rein -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- An Intended World in Jewish Thought -- Notes -- Part II -- Accord Between Evolutionary Science And Genesis -- Chapter 7 -- Resolving Conflicts between Genesis' Creation Account and Evolution -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Examples of Accord between Evolutionary Science and Genesis -- Notes -- Chapter 9 -- Evolution Informs Jewish Views on Suffering and Death -- Notes -- Part III -- Human Evolution And Moral Behaviour -- Chapter 10 -- How Human Beings Evolved -- Notes -- Chapter 11 -- The Evolution of Moral Behaviour -- Notes -- Chapter 12 -- The Evolved Brain and Judaism's Free Will -- Notes -- Epilogue -- The Answers -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Why Evolution Matters examines the concept of evolution in relation to Judaism, showing that far from something to be avoided within the religion, evolutionary thought deepens an understanding of classic areas of Jewish concern, including free will, moral behavior, suffering, and death. The book presents a novel interpretation of biological evolution in which convergences, self-organization, constraints, and progress are seen as components of the divinely intended world. Why Evolution Matters confronts some major questions that are leveled at the Jewish religion: How can God have created the world when evolution says everything just happened? How can we believe in the truth of Genesis when it conflicts with the facts of evolution? How did we evolve and why does it matter? The book explains how Genesis and evolutionary cosmology and biology reinforce, rather than contradict, one another. Author Joel Yehudah Rutman, an experienced paediatric neurologist, draws on his own practical experience in a branch of medicine in which our evolutionary past is much in evidence. Why Evolution Matters is a 'must-read' for scientists, religious studies scholars, and anyone with an interest in religion.
9780853038689
Evolution -- Religious aspects.
Judaism.
Electronic books.
BL263 -- .R886 2014eb
213
Why Evolution Matters : A Jewish View. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages)
Cover -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- How Can God Be Considered To Have Created The World When, According To Evolution, Everything Just Happened? -- Chapter 1 -- The Conflict -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Evolution of the Cosmos -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Evolution of Life -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Evidence for Predictability and Progress in the Evolution of Life -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Life Evolves under a Loose Rein -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- An Intended World in Jewish Thought -- Notes -- Part II -- Accord Between Evolutionary Science And Genesis -- Chapter 7 -- Resolving Conflicts between Genesis' Creation Account and Evolution -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- Examples of Accord between Evolutionary Science and Genesis -- Notes -- Chapter 9 -- Evolution Informs Jewish Views on Suffering and Death -- Notes -- Part III -- Human Evolution And Moral Behaviour -- Chapter 10 -- How Human Beings Evolved -- Notes -- Chapter 11 -- The Evolution of Moral Behaviour -- Notes -- Chapter 12 -- The Evolved Brain and Judaism's Free Will -- Notes -- Epilogue -- The Answers -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Why Evolution Matters examines the concept of evolution in relation to Judaism, showing that far from something to be avoided within the religion, evolutionary thought deepens an understanding of classic areas of Jewish concern, including free will, moral behavior, suffering, and death. The book presents a novel interpretation of biological evolution in which convergences, self-organization, constraints, and progress are seen as components of the divinely intended world. Why Evolution Matters confronts some major questions that are leveled at the Jewish religion: How can God have created the world when evolution says everything just happened? How can we believe in the truth of Genesis when it conflicts with the facts of evolution? How did we evolve and why does it matter? The book explains how Genesis and evolutionary cosmology and biology reinforce, rather than contradict, one another. Author Joel Yehudah Rutman, an experienced paediatric neurologist, draws on his own practical experience in a branch of medicine in which our evolutionary past is much in evidence. Why Evolution Matters is a 'must-read' for scientists, religious studies scholars, and anyone with an interest in religion.
9780853038689
Evolution -- Religious aspects.
Judaism.
Electronic books.
BL263 -- .R886 2014eb
213