9781560851424-1560851422-Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding

Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding

ISBN-13: 9781560851424
ISBN-10: 1560851422
Edition: 1
Author: Trent D. Stephens, Jeff Meldrum, Forrest B Peterson
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Signature Books
Format: Paperback 250 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781560851424
ISBN-10: 1560851422
Edition: 1
Author: Trent D. Stephens, Jeff Meldrum, Forrest B Peterson
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Signature Books
Format: Paperback 250 pages

Summary

Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding (ISBN-13: 9781560851424 and ISBN-10: 1560851422), written by authors Trent D. Stephens, Jeff Meldrum, Forrest B Peterson, was published by Signature Books in 2001. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Books & Bibles (Science & Religion, Religious Studies, Theology, Evolution) books. You can easily purchase or rent Evolution and Mormonism: A Quest for Understanding (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Books & Bibles books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.47.

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Scientists discover more every day about how life developed on Earth. Details that stream in from the new field of molecular biology rival the ongoing findings of paleontologists as they fill in the missing pieces in the fossil record. Professors Stephens and Meldrum, aided by the perspective of a non-scientist, Forrest B. Peterson, review the data for a general Latter-day Saint audience.

Their approach comes from a position of faith. They quote from the Creation account in the Pearl of Great Price: ”And the Gods said: Let us prepare the waters to bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that have life. And the Gods saw that they would be obeyed and that their plan was good.” In the authors’ view, the passage’s emphasis on process over end result is consistent with modern science.

According to the LDS church, “Whether the mortal bodies of man evolved in natural processes to present perfection” or were formed by some other means is “not fully answered in the revealed word of God.” That God may have created the mechanism by which all life was formed—rather than each organism separately—is a concept that the authors find to be a satisfying and awe-inspiring possibility.

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