In Their Own Words

Divine Action and Natural Selection: Science, Faith and Evolution features 45 chapters with dialogue between the authors and others from 17 countries. It provides the first international pro-con discussion on creationism. Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are all well represented with a broad range of perspectives. Fresh ideas are provided by authors who work in artificial life and industrial use of evolutionary algorithms. Many of the articles are by scientists, religious and not. The basic rule set by the editors was that everyone had to be civil. One creationist and one anti-creationist refused, both of whom were excluded.