Nancy Pearcey on the Politics of Darwinism, Then and Now

Episode 1717 March 01, 2023 00:15:12
Nancy Pearcey on the Politics of Darwinism, Then and Now
Intelligent Design the Future
Nancy Pearcey on the Politics of Darwinism, Then and Now

Mar 01 2023 | 00:15:12

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Show Notes

On this ID the Future from the vault, Nancy Pearcey, professor and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University, tells some of the political history of Darwinism, and explains how the same troubling issues persist today. Darwin was one of the first to say, if it isn’t purely naturalistic, it isn’t science. Others, then and now, have suggested that we can keep Darwinian evolution and just trust that God is at work behind the scenes. Pearcey, co-author of The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy, says that the problem with this tactic of wedding Darwinism and theism is that ultimately it turns one’s understanding of God into something that is largely private and subjective.

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