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216Jerry Root: C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil (review)Theological Book Review 23 (2): 80-81. 2011.A review of Jerry Root's book C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil.
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231Darwin Knows Best: Can Evolution Support the Classical Liberal Vision of the Family?In Stephen Dilley (ed.), Darwinian Evolution and Classical Liberalism: Theories in Tension, Lexington Books. pp. 135-156. 2013.In a time when conservatives believe that the traditional family is under increasing fire, some think an appeal to Darwinian science may be the answer. I argue that these conservatives are wrong to maintain that Darwinian theory can serve as the intellectual foundation for the traditional conception of the family. Contra Larry Arnhart and James Q. Wilson, a Darwinian philosophy of nature simply lacks the stability the traditional family requires; it cannot support the traditional conception of h…Read more
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533Can a Thomist Be a Darwinist?In Jay W. Richards (ed.), God and Evolution, . pp. 187-202. 2010.A discussion of several tensions between Thomistic philosophy and modern Darwinian theory as well as several recent Thomistic criticisms of intelligent design.
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323Kelly James Clark and Raymond J. VanArragon: Evidence and Religious Belief (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 86 (2): 372-375. 2012.
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536David O’Connor. God, Evil, and Design: An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues. Blackwell, 2008 (review)European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 6 (1): 209-215. 2014.
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332Michael Ruse: Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (review)Religious Studies Review 38 (1): 10. 2012.A brief review of Michael Ruse's 2010 book Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (Cambridge University Press).
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407New Atheist Approaches to ReligionIn Graham Oppy (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, Routledge. pp. 51-62. 2015.In this article, we examine in detail the New Atheists' most serious argument for the conclusion that God does not exist, namely, Richard Dawkins's Ultimate 747 Gambit. Dawkins relies upon a strong explanatory principle involving simplicity. We systematically inspect the various kinds of simplicity that Dawkins may invoke. Finding his crucial premises false on any common conception of simplicity, we conclude that Dawkins has not given good reason to think God does not exist.