Directory of Theistic Evolution Resources

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Advocates of theistic evolution, or evolutionary creation as it is sometimes called, believe that God used an evolutionary process to create forms of life and to bring them to their present stage of development. Some who hold to this view would propose that God intervened in the process at some crucial points, usually (1) the creation of matter at the beginning (the big bang?), (2) the creation of the simplest life form, and (3) the creation of man. But with the possible exception of these points of intervention, theistic evolutionists hold that evolution proceeded in the ways now discovered by natural scientists, and that it was the process that God used in allowing all the other forms of life on earth to develop.

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• A Theological Argument For Evolution

  http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Evolution/murphy__van_dyke_dialogue.html
  Links to 4 articles discussing whether evolution is to be preferred to creationism from the theological standpoint.

• A Theological Argument For Evolution

  http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1986/JASA3-86Murphy.html#A Theological Argument For Evolution
  After a brief look at theological responses to biological evolution, some fundamental themes of Christian theology are reviewed. On this basis it is argued that evolution is to be preferred to creationism from the theological standpoint.

• Divine Guiding of Natural Process in Evolutionary Creation

  http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/origins/te-guided.htm#top2
  A paper expressing the view that God designed and created the universe using initial theistic action, and "keeps it going" through sustaining theistic action.

• Evolution and Chance: Chance from a Theistic Perspective

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/chance/chance-theistic.html
  Dr. Loren Haarsma suggests that the element of chance in microevolution, macroevolution, or any other scientific theory is in no way antithetical to the traditional theology of God's providential control.

• Evolution Basics: A New Introductory Course on Evolutionary Biology

  http://biologos.org/blog/series/evolution-basics
  A series of 20 articles on evolution, written by Dr. Dennis Venema, intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.

• Evolution for Christians

  http://community.berea.edu/scienceandfaith/essay05.asp
  An essay attempting to convince evangelical Christians that evolution is a well-established explanation for the origin of species.

• Evolutionary Creation

  http://www.ualberta.ca/~dlamoure/3EvoCr.htm
  This article shows that evolutionary creation, or theistic evolution, fully embraces the foundational beliefs of the conservative Christian faith and the basic principles of the modern evolutionary sciences.

• Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution

  http://www.ualberta.ca/~dlamoure/evolutionary_creation.pdf
  Evolutionary creation is a Christian view of origins that offers a unified vision of science.

• Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution

  http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/Lamoureux_Scholarly_Essay.pdf
  An article by Dr. Denis Lamoureux showing that evolutionary creation offers a healthy and balanced complementary relationship between modern science and Christian faith.

• Evolutionary Theory and Continuous Creation

  http://www.ouragora.com/archives/essays/evolutionary_theory_and.html
  Keith B. Miller defends his position that there is no inherent conflict between evolutionary theory and a Christian faith.

• Faith Seeking Understanding

  http://www.faithseekingunderstanding.com/
  A Catholic scientist and Deacon who has published extensively in the Physics literature presents reflections on his life as a scientist and as a firmly believing, scripture oriented, Christian.

• God and Evolution

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-god.html
  This article makes the case for theistic evolution and shows religion and evolution are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

• Ken Miller's Evolution Page

  http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/index.html
  A set of links to articles by Dr. Miller supporting theistic evolution and some articles critical of Intelligent Design.

• Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, & Evolution

  http://origins.faithaliveresources.org/
  Free study videos, recommended resources, and short articles that expand on topics covered in "Origins: A Reformed Look at Creation, Design, and Evolution" by Deborah and Loren Haarsma.

• Perspectives on Theistic Evolution

  http://www.theisticevolution.org/
  This web site attempts to provide an explanation of the middle ground between Creationism and Evolution, known as Theistic Evolution, as well as why it is a rational theory.

• Science and Divine Action

  http://www.counterbalance.net/ghc-div/index-frame.html
  A collection of pages from the Counterbalance Foundation, with general overviews plus descriptions of the views of Arthur Peacocke and John Polkinghorne.

• Special Providence and Genetic Mutation: A New Defense of Theistic Evolution

  http://www.counterbalance.net/ctns-vo/russe-body.html
  A summary of a conference paper by Robert John Russell.

• The Clergy Letter Project

  http://theclergyletterproject.org/
  A long list of links to sermons, articles and readings on evolution and Christianity.

• Theistic Evolution

  http://www.theistic-evolution.com/theisticevolution.html
  An essay that is critical of the literal interpretation of Genesis and is supportive of evolution.

• Theistic Evolution

  http://www.counterbalance.net/evo-brf/evo-brf-print.html
  A site supporting theistic evolution and comparing it with atheism, creationism and intelligent design.

• Theistic Evolution - Is it Christian?

  http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/origins/te-cr.htm#sunshine
  A discussion of the theological implications of Theistic Evolution with links to many pages on related topics.

• Theological Implications of an Evolving Creation

  http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1993/PSCF9-93Miller.html
  A theological discussion of a theistic view of creation involving a long uninterrupted creative history.

• Theologies of An Evolving Creation

  http://community.berea.edu/scienceandfaith/essay07.asp
  A continuum of views about God and creation, ranging from a traditional theology of divine sovereignty over nature's operations to those which acknowledge in the creation a considerable degree of free process.

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