Why Science Proves God: And Creationism is Nonsense

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 286 pages
• Published by: AuthorHouse June 12, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0595001556
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0595001552
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
This is a book that intertwines science and theology. It does not promote a certain dogma, but it creates a provocative sounding board for meaning and mysticism for the rational mind. It is an extension of ideas explored in Ian Barbour's Religion in an Age of Science and Joseph Campbell's Inner Reaches of Outer Space. In this book, the theological and philosophical implications of modern physical theory are not only explored, but they are also placed in a systematic theology congruent with a phemenological interpretation of the world's mythologies that elicits a pattern of mysticism.

About The Author
The author is has degrees in ecology, philosophy and theology from Colorado State University, and The Iliff School of Theology at the University of Denver. He was an ecologist for the U. S. Department of Interior for close to thirty years. He is now retired., He is the first minister to be commissioned to and ordained in the Order of Deacon in the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church. Central to his life has been the search for the answer to the question "Why?" He is married with three grown children, and he resides in Arvada, Colorado, USA.

Reader Reviews
Why Science Proves God: And Creationism is Nonsense, is a book supporting intelligent design (ID)that relies heavily on physics and the anthropic principle to prove the existence of God. In spite of the title, it has little material against young Earth creationism, which is what the term creationism means in the minds of most people. The book does contain much theology, much more than any other ID book I have ever read. The title claim "Creationism is Nonsense" illustrates the fact that ID advocates generally adamantly reject many of the basic ideas of creationism. Although the judge in the Dover school case concluded that ID and creationism were legally the same thing, each side not uncommonly is at odds with the other, and the author of this book wanted to make sure that potential readers did not think that this book was about creationism. The whole problem of labeling is a major concern in the origins controversy, and this discussion illustrates this fact. The judge in the Dover case used the term creationism to demean the ID position, and this is even a further reason for Dunker's title. Nonetheless it may cause some people who would find the book very useful to not buy it. I think that not only ID advocates would find the book useful but creationists would as well. Highly recommended to help one see the issues involved from various sides.