Biology, Religion, and Philosophy

Michael L. Peterson is Professor of Philosophy at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of numerous books, including C. S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview (2020), Reason and Religious Belief (with William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger, 2012). He is co-author, with Michael Ruse, of Science, Evolution and Religion: A Debate about Atheism and Theism (2016). Dennis R. Venema is Professor of Biology at Trinity Western University, where he specializes in molecular biology and genetics. He is co-author, with Scott McKnight, of Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science (2017).

'… clearly written and carefully organized, with a useful glossary and a brief up-to-date bibliography of further reading …' Glenn Branch, The Quarterly Review of Biology

• Introduction; Part I. General Issues: 1. Science, Biology, and Religion; 2. The Origin and Nature of Life; 3. The Question of Design in Living Systems; 4. Biology and the Problem of Natural Evil; 5. Progress, Purpose, and Providence; Part II. Religion and Human Biology: 6. Human Nature and Human Uniqueness; 7. Love and Altruism in Biology and Religion; 8. Biology, Ethics, and Debunking Arguments; 9. Biological Accounts of Religion; 10. Humanity, Religion, and the Environment.