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Christianity and Evolution  Danny E. Olinger  P&R Publishing is
to be commended for bringing to print in North America a stellar
collection of essays by British evangelicals. Edited by Norman
C. Nevin, the book is entitled Should Christians Embrace
Evolution? Biblical and Scientific Responses. The thesis of the
volume is that Christians cannot accept modern evolutionary
theory without compromising the teachings of the Bible. Modern
evolutionary theory—specifically, neo-Darwinian mechanisms of
mutation and natural selection, and the common ancestry of all
living things—allows one to explain life and human origins
without reference to God. However, the Bible from its opening
words proclaims that life can only be explained with reference
to God.  The essays, by both theologians and scientists, cover a
wide range of issues, but there are two basic questions: (1) Is
evolution compatible with Christianity? (2) Must Christians
abandon their belief in the histo