Green Eye of the Storm

Author

John Rendle-Short

Category Evangelistic Resources, History & Biography, Theology Books

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500 in stock

Weight	0.88 lbs
Dimensions	8.5 × 5.4 × 0.95 in
ISBN	9780851517278
Binding	Paperback
Topic	Apologetics, Worldview
Original Pub Date	1998
Banner Pub Date	Jun 1, 1998
Page Count	312
Format	Book

Book Description

The theory of evolution burst like a great storm cloud on the intellectual world of the mid-nineteenth century, and brought widespread public controversy and debate with it. Soon, however, the evolutionary way of viewing life became almost all-pervasive; scientists of all kinds, historians, sociologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, anthropologists and many others would all adopt its tenets in order to interpret the world in general and the human race in particular.

Reactions in the Christian church varied from immediate acceptance to long-term hostility. Today the controversy continues unabated and is the subject of many debates, seminars and publications.

Green Eye of the Storm offers a unique and fascinating introduction to this debate, seeing it through the lives of four distinguished men who struggled with the evolutionary theory in very different contexts: Philip Henry Gosse, George John Romanes, Arthur Rendle Short and his son John Rendle-Short the author of this book. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the life, times and intellectual development of these men and will be of interest to all who have an interest in them or the religious and scientific movements with which their names are associated.

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	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	vii
	INTRODUCTION	ix
	PROLOGUE	xv
	PART ONE PHILIP HENRY GOSSE
1	Philip and Emily	3
2	The Evolution of Evolution	10
3	The Storm Strikes	17
4	Omphalos	23
5	After the Storm	38
6	Postscript: Philip Gosse and Sir Edmund Gosse	45
	PART TWO GEORGE JOHN ROMANES
7	Early Years	51
8	The Mature Scientist	57
9	'A Good Squib'	64
10	Spiritual Warfare	71
11	Return to Faith	80
	PART THREE ARTHUR RENDLE SHORT
12	The Brethren Connection	97
13	Poverty and Ambition	106
14	A Crisis of Faith	113
15	Can We Trust the Bible?	121
16	An Intellectual Impasse	128
17	The Fact of Christ	137
18	Surgeon and Teacher	145
19	Waiting for Light	154
20	Later Years	168
	PART FOUR JOHN RENDLE-SHORT
21	Childhood	181
22	University	186
23	Training for Paediatrics	196
24	Queensland	203
25	Who Was Adam?	210
26	Toronto and Switzerland	215
27	Man's Origin, Man's Destiny and Other Books	228
28	Whatever Happened to the 'Good' Earth?	241
29	Bias, Faith, Evidence and Pre-evangelism	249
30	'Then You Weren't a Christian!'	260
31	Evolution: How Serious an Issue for Christians?	267
	APPENDICES
1	Some Major Scientific and Historical Evidence for Special Creation	275
2	The Significance of a Global Flood	282
3	Why is the Book if Genesis so Important?	284
	INDEX	287