Book Review Rocks of Ages. Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. He has written several books and numerous articles on evolution.
Speciation tends to be favored by catastrophic events on earth.
He sees the appearance of humans as a fortuitous event. If evolution could be replayed, its randomness would make it highly unlikely that anything like humans would appear again. This is valuable background for considering the issues raised in Rocks of Ages, Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life . Although this book is not about the evolutionary process, evolution and creationism and their relationships to science and religion are touched upon throughout the book. The magisterium of religion extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value.