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This compact guide lays out the basics of Intelligent Design, popularly kwn as ID. William Dembski, the dean of the intelligent-design movement, and Sean McDowell especially target readers whose understanding may have been confused by educational bias and one-sided arguments and attacks.Commonsense and -nsense, with pointed examples, the authors explainthe central theories of ID, showing why the presence of information and meaningful complexity require the involvement of intelligencewhy ID adheres to the scientific method and is a valid field of scientific inquirywhy scientific evidence increasingly conflicts with evolutionary theorieshow both evolutionary theory and ID have religious/philosophical underpinnings, and why this causes so much controversyhow both systems of thought have radical implications for our culture--and what readers can do about itClarifying crucial issues, this key resource gives nspecialists a solid grasp of one of today's foundational religious-scientific-cultural concepts.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvest House Publishers,U.S.
ISBN-100736924426
ISBN-139780736924429
eBay Product ID (ePID)108085310
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SubjectReligion: Comparative, General & Référence
LanguageEnglish
AuthorWilliam A. Dembski
FormatPaperback
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Date of Publication01/07/2008
Place of PublicationEugene, or
Foreword bySean McDowell
Series TitleConversantlife.Com
Country of PublicationUnited States
Author BiographyWilliam A. Dembski, PhD, speaks worldwide on intelligent design and is frequently featured in newspaper articles and on radio and TV shows, among them ABC's Nightline and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A mathematician, philosopher, and research professor, Dembski has published widely and is the author/editor of more than a dozen books, including The Design Inference and No Free Lunch. He lives in Texas. Sean McDowell is an educator and a popular speaker at schools, churches, and conferences nationwide. He is author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World, coauthor of 77 FAQs About God and the Bible, Experience Your Bible, and Understanding Intelligent Design, and general editor of Apologetics for a New Generation and The Apologetics Study Bible for Students. He is currently pursuing a PhD in apologetics and worldview studies. Sean's website, www.seanmcdowell.org, offers his blog, many articles and videos, and much additional curriculum.
ImprintHarvest House Publishers,U.S.