Creation and Evolution in the Early American Scientific Affiliation

by Mark A. Kalthoff (Editor)

Overview

Originally published in 1995, Creation and Evolution in the Early American Scientific Affiliation is the tenth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth Century America, reissued in 2021. The volume comprises of original primary sources from the American Science Affiliation, a group formed following an invitation from the president of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, in answer to the perceived need for an academic society for American Evangelical Scientists to explicate the relationship between science and faith. The society confronted the debate between creation and evolution head on, leaving a paper trail documenting their thoughts and struggles. This diverse and expansive collection includes 53 selections that appeared during the organisation’s first two decades and focuses on the encounter between science and American evangelicalism in the twentieth century, in particular the debates surrounding the ever-increasing preference for evolutionary theory. The collection will be of especial interest to natural historians, and theologians as well as academics of philosophy, and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000027990
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/17/2021
Series:	Creationism in Twentieth-Century America
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	516
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Series Introduction Volume Introduction 1. The Story of the American Scientific Affiliation American Scientific Affiliation 2. Introduction, Preface and Chapter One from Science to Souls 3. Geology and the Bible 4. Biology and Creation 5. Astronomy and the First Chapter of Genesis 6. A Symposium on "The Age of the Earth" 7. Creation and Evolution 8. The Eye as an Optical Instrument 9. The Science of Heredity and the Source of Species (includes discussion) 10. The Scientifico-Logical Structure of the Theory of Evolution (includes discussion) 11. Some Presuppositions in Evolutionary Thinking (includes discussion) 12. Biology and Christian Fundamentals 13. Deluge Geology 14. Comment on the "Deluge Geology" 15. The Plan in the First Chapter of Genesis 16. Why God Called His Creation Good (includes discussion) 17. The Palaeontology of the Horse (includes discussion) 18. Methods of Dating the Earth and the Universe 19. The American Scientific Affiliation – The First Decade 20. Biblical Chronology and Genesis 1:1-3 (includes discussion) 21. Creation Days 22. The "Kind of Genesis and the Species" of Biology 23. The Evaluation of Radioactive Evidence on the Age of the Earth 24. Stratigraphy and Palaeontology (includes discussion) 25. Creation in Terms of Modern Concepts of Genetics and Physics 26. A Criticism of the A.S.A. Monograph on "Creation and Evolution" 27. Reply to Criticism of "Creation and Evolution" 28. The Reconstruction or Cataclysmic Theory 29. Response to Mixter Regarding A.S.A. Monograph on "Creation and Evolution" 30. The Impact of Geological Dating upon the Interpretation of Biblical Chronology 31. Creation 32. The Formation of Living Organisms from Non-Living Systems 33. An Evaluation of the Fossil Record 34. Comments on Dr. Mixter’s Paper 35. The Evolution of Evangelical Thinking on Evolution 36. A Critique of Evolution 37. Species Concepts and Definitions 38. The Genesis Kinds in Our Modern World 39. Some Implications of Evolution for A.S.A. 40. The Origin of Man and the Bible 41. Letter 42. Neutron-Induced Variation of Roses 43. Creation, a Finished Work 44. Origin of Life 45. Comments on the Origin of Species 46. Christian Thought Today – On Origin of Species 47. The Origin of Man, and the Bio-cultural Gap 48. Geology and the Great Flood.