Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates - Professor Alister McGrath

How can faith be rationalised against the theory of evolution? Is conflict inevitable, or might faith complement Darwinian science? This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s theory of evolution, before considering this theory and the challenges this raised for traditional religious beliefs. In particular, we will consider some issues raised by Richard Dawkins in his Blind Watchmaker (1986) an