The Fool and the Heretic
How Two Scientists Moved Beyond Labels to a Christian Dialogue About Creation and Evolution
Zondervan Academic · Print & ebook · February 5, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- A thoughtful, conversational read where creation and evolution meet without the usual shouting match.
- Genres
- Religion & Science, Evolution, Christian Apologetics
- Published
- Zondervan Academic, February 5, 2019
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The Fool and the Heretic is a deeply personal story told by two respected scientists who hold opposing views on the topic of origins, share a common faith in Jesus Christ, and began a sometimes-painful journey to explore how they can remain in Christian fellowship when each thinks the other is harming the church. To some in the church, anyone who accepts the theory of evolution has rejected biblical teaching and is therefore thought of as a heretic.
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To many outside the church as well as a growing number of evangelicals, anyone who accepts the view that God created the earth in six days a few thousand years ago must be poorly educated and ignorant--a fool. Todd Wood and Darrel Falk know what it's like to be thought of, respectively, as a fool and a heretic. This book shares their pain in wearing those labels, but more important, provides a model for how faithful Christians can hold opposing views on deeply divisive issues yet grow deeper in their relationship to each other and to God.
Why It Clicks
A thoughtful, conversational read where creation and evolution meet without the usual shouting match.
Come here for
- science-and-faith dialogue
- label-crossing conversation
Expect
- Christian apologetics with social texture
- ideas shaped for discussion
Where it sits
| Religion & Science | 93% |
|---|---|
| Christian Apologetics | 70% |
| Evolution | 60% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pentateuch Studies
- Process Theology
- Religion & Science
- Evolution
- Authors
- Todd Charles Wood, Darrel R. Falk, Rob Barrett
- Publisher
- Zondervan Academic
- Published
- February 5, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Pentateuch Studies