{"product_id":"intelligent-design-the-bridge-between-science-theology-9780830823147","title":"Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoted a Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Intelligent Design movement is three things: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea scientific research program for investigating intelligent causes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean intellectual movement that challenges naturalistic evolutionary theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea way of understanding divine action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the fast-growing movement has gained considerable grassroots support, many scientists and theologians remain skeptical about its merits. Scientists worry that it's bad science (merely creationism in disguise) and theologians worry that it's bad theology (misunderstanding divine action). In this book William Dembski addresses these concerns and brilliantly argues that intelligent design provides a crucial link between science and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVarious chapters creatively and powerfully address intelligent discernment of divine action in nature, why the significane of miracles should be reconsidered, and the demise and unanswered questions of British natural theology. Effectively challenging the hegemony of naturalism and reinstating design within science, Dembski shows how intelligent design can be unpacked as a theory of information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntelligent Design\u003c\/i\u003e is a pivotal, synthesizing work from a thinker whom Phillip Johnson calls \"one of the most important of the design theorists who are sparking a scientific revolution by legitimating the concept of intelligent design in science.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Dembski (Ph.D., mathematics, University of Chicago; Ph.D., philosophy, University of Illinois at Chicago) is senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He has previously taught at Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Dallas. He has done postdoctoral work in mathematics at MIT, in physics at the University of Chicago, and in computer science at Princeton University, and he has been a National Science Foundation doctoral and postdoctoral fellow. Dembski has written numerous scholarly articles and is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Design Inference\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge), \u003ci\u003eIntelligent Design\u003c\/i\u003e (InterVarsity Press) and \u003ci\u003eNo Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e (Rowman and Littlefield).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehe earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University. Behe's research focuses on the structure and function of chromatin and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. In his book \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e (Free Press), Behe argues that the irreducible complexity of cellular biochemical systems shows that they were designed by an intelligent agent. \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Black Box\u003c\/i\u003e has been reviewed in \u003ci\u003eScience, Nature, New Scientist, National Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e It was selected as \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e's 1996 Book of the Year. Behe is a member of the Biophysical Society and the American Society for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. He is also a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492171485458,"sku":"9780830823147","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5fbfcf00-ecef-4541-b1bf-d99a60d9c857.jpg?v=1730574804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/intelligent-design-the-bridge-between-science-theology-9780830823147","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}