The Cambridge Roundtable on Science and Religion

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In Our Genes or In Our Genesis? Where do you look for clues to the mysteries of life and the universe?

December 08, 2022
5:30pm

Philosopher and Theologian William Lane Craig and Harvard Biology Professor David Haig
IN OUR GENES? OR IN OUR GENESIS? WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR CLUES TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE?
Suggested readings. Ask Dave for a copy.
 
Hypertextuality of an hyperextended synthesis: on the interpretation of theories by means of selective quotation” by David Haig. In this brief overview, Haig discusses the purpose of his latest book, From Darwin to Derrida (MIT Press, 2020), and the need to acknowledge and address “teleophobia” within the field of evolutionary biology.
The Historical Adam” by William Lane Craig, First Things, October, 2021. In this summary of his new book, In Quest of the Historical Adam (Eerdman’s Publishing, 2021), William Lane Craig uses archeological evidence to provide a snapshot of how the account of the creation in the biblical book of Genesis fits into its Ancient Near Eastern context and where a “Historical Adam” might be found along the timeline of human evolution.