Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds
by Phillip E. Johnson
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For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying. Phillip Johnson has the answer: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking show more habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisers, and ordinary listeners. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way-by opening minds to the truth. show lessTags
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I bought this book to increase my religious library. I had someone ask me how I could simultaneously teach my children God is the Creator and also Darwinism. I had no answer and had never even considered it.
Maybe I’m not alone in this.
Maybe I’m not alone in this.
Voted one of Christianity Today's 1998 Books of the Year! For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, Christians need an easy way to understand the basic issues without oversimplifying. Phillip Johnson has the answer: the key to defeating the false claims of Darwinism is to open our minds to good thinking habits. Here is first-rate advice on avoiding common mistakes in discussions about evolution, understanding the legacy of the Scopes trial, spotting deceptive arguments, and grasping the basic show more scientific issues without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. In the bestselling and critically acclaimed Darwin on Trial and Reason in the Balance, Phillip Johnson took on the academic elites and exposed the misleading claims of evolutionary naturalism. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds provides a new and powerful treatment of these issues for high-school students, parents, teachers, pastors, youth advisors and ordinary readers. Johnson aims not just to defeat a bad theory, but to defeat it in the right way-by opening minds to the truth. show less
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Phillip E. Johnson is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School. He taught law for more than thirty years at the University of California at Berkeley where he is professor emeritus. For the last decade Johnson has also been at the forefront of the public debate over evolution and creation. He has taken his message show more to such places as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His InterVarsity Press titles include Reason in the Balance, The Wedge of Truth, The Right Questions and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds. show less
Awards and Honors
Awards
Christianity Today Book Awards (No. 5 – 1998)
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Defeating Darwinism by opening minds
- Alternate titles
- Testing Darwinism
- People/Characters
- Charles Darwin [Charles Robert: 1809-1882]
- Dedication
- To Roberta and Howard, who understood "the wedge" because they love the Truth
- First words
- [Introduction] This book grew out of two conversations.
A student from a European university posted an e-mail message on a public Internet forum in order to explain how creationists and evolutionists can make peace. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Are we sure it's the right one?
- Blurbers
- Behe, Michael J.; Colson, Charles W.; Willard, Dallas
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 576.82
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