Evolution: As I See It
Vol.1,No.2(2010)
The fact of evolution is having far-reaching and lasting implications for science, ramifications for philosophy, and consequences for theology. Our modern worldview is dynamic, scientific, and grounded in a pervasive naturalism. The uniqueness of this planet, life on earth, and our own species is seriously challenged by ongoing discoveries in the sciences, ranging from astronomy and geopaleontology to biology and anthropology. As I see it, the human being represents a recent and vulnerable organic form within the flux and immensity of this universe.
anthropology; cosmology; evolution; exoevolution; integrity; naturalism; overbeings; teleology
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