The God of Evolution

It is somewhat paradoxical that, contrary to popular exposition, the early supporters of Darwin’s evolutionary theory were closely in touch with orthodox theology. More so, according to contemporary historians of science such as Colin Russell and John Moore, than their more liberal counterparts who tended to reject or reinterpret Darwin.

Those with a Deistic tendency (those for whom God was a somewhat remote and impersonal being) found it hard to accept the implication that evolutionary theory was a means by which God was intimately involved in the world. On the other hand, there were at least four factors which made orthodoxy and Darwinism compatible, and they still have relevance today.  Read more...