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Revision as of 20:02, 30 April 2009
Evolutionary Evangelist | |
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 Rev Michael Dowd | |
| Alma mater | MDiv – Palmer Seminary (with honors), BA - Evangel University (summa cum laude)[citation needed] |
| Known for | religious naturalism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | biblical studies and philosophy |
| Institutions | traveling speaker |
Reverend Michael Dowd is an advocate of what he terms evolution theology, the position that science and religious faith are not mutually exclusive (a form of Religious Naturalism). He is the author of Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World, and Earthspirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity.
Biography
Raised a Roman Catholic, Dowd describes himself as having been 'born again' while serving in the United States Army in Germany in 1979, and for the next three years living within a fundamentalist culture that was strongly opposed to evolution. Thereafter he came under a more eclectic range of religious influences (including a friendship with a "Buddhist-Christian" former Trappist monk), that opened him up to first intellectual, and then spiritual, acceptance of evolution.[1]
His 1991 book, EarthSpirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity was one of the first attempts to look appreciatively at biblical Christianity from the perspective of a modern cosmology.[2]
Dowd is an itinerant "evolutionary evangelist".[3][4] He and his wife travel the country teaching their "Gospel of Evolution."[5] They present their case for "the marriage of religion and science" at events sponsored by a diverse group of denominations, including Christian, Unitarian Universalist, Unity Church, Free Thinkers, Religious Science, secular humanism and Religious Naturalists venues.[6]
Dowd states:[7]
Humanity is the fruit of fourteen billion years of unbroken evolution, now becoming conscious of itself…When the Bible speaks about God forming us from the dust of the Earth, it's actually true, we did not come into this world—we grew out of it, just like an apple grows from an apple tree. Do you get this? I mean, do you really get this? We are the universe becoming conscious of itself. We are stardust that has begun to contemplate the stars. We have arisen out of the dynamics of the Earth. Four billion years ago, our planet was molten rock, and now it sings opera.
Dowd’s wife and ministry companion, Connie Barlow, is the author of four popular science books that Dowd uses to explore the intersection of evolutionary and ecological sciences with philosophy and religion: The Ghosts of Evolution, [8], Green Space, Green Time: The Way of Science [9], Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life, [10], From Gaia to Selfish Genes, [11]
Major Publications
- Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World - Viking Adult (June 19, 2008), ISBN-10: 0670020451
- Earthspirit: A Handbook for Nurturing an Ecological Christianity, - Twenty Third Pubns, (April 1991), ISBN-10: 0896224791
See Also
Notes
- ^ Dowd, Michael (2008). Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World. Viking Adult. pp. 1–6. ISBN 0-670-02045-1.
- ^ "Thank God for Evolution/The Author". Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ Science Meets Religion ... Amicably?
- ^ America’s evolutionary Evangelist Michael Dowd in Sedona on Feb 7
- ^ Leslie Palma-Simoncek (2008-08-10). "Author to talk on 'Gospel of Evolution'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
- ^ Past Speaking Itinerary of Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow
- ^ Humanity is the fruit of fourteen billion years, Carter Phipps, EnlightenmentNext magazine, Issue 25, May–July 2004
- ^ The Ghosts of Evolution - Basic Books (February 28, 2002), ISBN-10: 0465005527
- ^ Green Space, Green Time: The Way of Science - Springer; 1 edition (September 26, 1997), ISBN-10: 0387947949
- ^ Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life - The MIT Press (August 4, 1995), ISBN-10: 0262522063
- ^ From Gaia to Selfish Genes - The MIT Press (July 8, 1992), ISBN-10: 0262521784
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