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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Edgar Basil
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-03T13:24:30Z
dc.date.available2013-09-03T13:24:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/9061
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD (Dogmatics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus in association with Greenwich School of Theology, U.K., 2013.
dc.description.abstractThis study attempts to examine evolutionary theory and creationism objectively without engaging in an apology for or a criticism of either. It compares the presuppositions and assumptions of both systems, and examines the role of faith in religion and in the scientific theory of evolution. After discussing the nature of the scientific method and the development of the theory of evolution, the study explores the dichotomy of faith and reason, the ways in which these operate in theories of intelligent design and theistic evolution, and the question of whether scientific evolutionary theory can be considered to be a secular religion. The thesis argues that acceptance of the scientific theory of evolution is as dependent upon a faith commitment as is adherence to religion, though the type and quality of the two respective faith systems are very different and, therefore, worthy of comparison and contrast. The study concludes that, while science and evolutionary theory share many of the same features and characteristics of faith and presumption, it is presently not appropriate to claim that evolutionary theory is a secular religion, and that when this opinion is asserted it is worthwhile to analyze the motivation, conscious and unconscious, involved.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth-West University
dc.subjectCreationismen_US
dc.subjectEvolutionen_US
dc.subjectFaithen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectIntelligent designen_US
dc.subjectTheistic evolutionen_US
dc.subjectNaturalismen_US
dc.subjectScientific methoden_US
dc.subjectPresuppositionalismen_US
dc.titleThe faith dynamic in creationism and evolutionary theoryen
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