Can a Darwinian be a Christian?: The Relationship between Science and Religion
You'll have to look hard to find a better explanation of the  relationship between basic Christian tenets and the Darwinian theory of  evolution thanCan a Darwinian Be a Christian?by Michael Ruse. The  author, a professor of philosophy and zoology at the University of Guelph in  Ontario, Canada, writes with bracing candor ("Let me be open," he begins. "I  think that evolution is a fact and that Darwinism rules triumphant.") and  sophisticated sympathy to Christian doctrine ("if one's understanding of  Darwinism does include a natural evolution of life from nonlife, there is no  reason to think that this now makes Christian belief impossible."). Writing this  book, he also clearly had a hell of a lot of fun (disarming skeptical Christian  readers at the beginning, he asks, "Why should the devil have all the good  tunes?").Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?answers its title question with  heady confidence--"Absolutely!"--but the book journeys towards that answer with  circumspect integrity. Covering territory from the Scopes "Monkey Trial" to  contemporary theories of social Darwinism to the question of extraterrestrial  life, Ruse applies an impressive wealth of knowledge that encompasses many  disciplines. Readers may or may not be swayed, but they can't help but be  challenged and edified by this excellent book.--Michael Joseph Gross