Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution - Softcover

"One of the best books of 2008" -- The Washington Post Book World, 2008 Holiday Guide

"Giberson . . . provides an edifying summary of the tenets and the flaws of modern creationism . . . and raises a valuable alarm about the dangers facing American science and culture."--New Republic

"One of the best books of 2008"--The Washington Post Book World, 2008 Holiday Guide

"Sensitively written and convincingly argued. . . . [A] truly courageous work."--Library Journal

Giberson posesses a boundless inquisitiveness typical of many scientiests, but also displays the wry wit of a seasoned polemicist. He seems to know how to counteract your best arguments before you have even made them.--Salon.com

"A poignant account of [Giberson's] Christian pilgrimage from Creationist to Evolutionist. He offers a sympathetic historical analysis laced with trenchant criticism of both misguided intelligent design advocates and hard core atheists."--Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University, and author of Finding Darwin's God

"An intensely personal account of [Giberson's] intellectual journey from creationism to the acceptance of evolution . . . By situating his own story in the context of larger social and scientific developments, Giberson's book can serve as a guide for other Christians on a similar trek."--Edward J. Larson, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and the American Controversy over Creation and Evolution.

Giberson attacks the conundrum [of evolution] with eloquence and clarity.--Washington Post

"A much-needed book . . . a powerful contribution."--Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

"Karl Giberson here presents a poignant account of his Christian pilgrimage from Creationist to Evolutionist. He offers a sympathetic historical analysis laced with trenchant criticism of both misguided intelligent design advocates and hard core atheists."--Owen Gingerich, author of God's Universe, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy & History of Science, Harvard University

Poses an argument supporting both science and religion that explains how both sides can be reconciled, in an account that describes the scientist author's own commitment to Christianity in spite of his abandonment of his family's fundamentalist creationism beliefs. 15,000 first printing. Reprint.