CHANCE OR DANCE: AN EVALUATION OF DESIGN
Book ID/图书代码： 12686007B17603
English Summary/英文概要： Chance or Dance An Evaluation of Design is a revised edition of Designer Universe (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2002), which sold out in its first edition and has been out of print since 2005. The book, which provides an overview of design and clarification of the controversial Intelligent Design Movement, has been edited and expanded in light of recent developments in the ID debate. As the controversy over Intelligent Design has grown over the past few years, there has been a tendency to confuse all statements about design with the Intelligent Design Movement, and to confuse any affirmation of creation with Scientific Creationism, Davis and Poe point out. They begin with a brief historical perspective of the design argument and then examine the major breakthroughs in cosmology, math and physics, and chemistry and biology that have provided renewed speculation in design. They have added new material that shows that the idea of design is far more expansive than the ID movements version of it a discussion of Dawkins interpretation of genetic determinism; a chapter that explores the tendency since Darwin to assume that the presence of an observable cause excludes the possibility of divine involvement; and further reflections on wonder and awe that take into account the recent surge of interest in this area. Their study concludes with an argument for the correlation of faith and sensory experience and with the suggestion that science has been successful at describing processes, but has failed at explaining origins. Chance or Dance is ideal for students and general readers interested in understanding how modern science gives evidence for the creation of nature by the God of the Bible.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 日常生活的經驗告訴我們，無法簡化的系統必定是經過設計的。設計當然必須有智慧的參與，故稱智慧設計論（Intelligent Design Theory）。
在盛行基督教的國家中，達爾文的進化論經常受到強烈的抵制，於是隨著生物研究和資訊的發達，支持上帝造人的一派發展出「智慧設計論」，強調生物體中繁複的運作顯然是經由造物者精密的設計所致，並推行「智慧設計運動」。此兩項理論各有擁護者，各有嚴謹的科學研究方法來支持自己的理論，儼然成為兩條平行發展的學說。
作者針對這兩項學說的爭論，曾於2002年出版DESIGNER UNIVERSE，2005年時絕版。今年作者加入新的研究資料，將於2008年四月重新推出，並更名為CHANCE OR DANCE。首先簡單介紹「智慧設計理論」的概要以及歷史上的爭論，接著檢視人類於宇宙論、數學與物理上的進展與突破，以及化學與生物發展上與「智慧設計論」有關的新推測，並加入新的數據資料，證明現今的「智慧設計理論」的發展比以往基督教徒為駁斥達爾文進化論而推行的「智慧設計運動」更具有科學根據；此書更指出現代科學講述人類演變過程雖然具有科學根據，但卻無法告訴大眾人類根本的來源。這本書挑戰了達爾文的進化論，更告訴我們現代科學與物種演變之間真實的關聯性。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Jimmy H. Davis賓州德國城大學副校長與田納西州聯合大學的化學教授，於伊利諾大學獲得教育博士。出版過七本著作且發表超過130篇報章評論，他於全球演說並主持國際性研討會。
Harry L. Poe 教育博士，發表超過40篇文章，目前是聯合大學信仰與文化教授。
Jimmy H. Davis is the vice president for the Germantown campus and university professor of chemistry at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has a Ph.D. in education from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. The author of seven books and more than 130 articles, chapters, and reviews, he lectures, preaches, and leads conferences in the U.S. and internationally. He lives with his wife and son in Germantown, Tennessee.
Harry L. Poe is professor of faith and culture at Union University. He has authored more than forty articles and has a Ph.D. in education from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He resides in Jackson, Tennessee.
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