Evolution is often presented as settled science-a biological explanation for the diversity of life on Earth. But what happens when a scientific theory expands beyond biology and begins answering questions about meaning, morality, purpose, identity, and human value?
In Evolution Has Become a Religious Worldview, Stephen A. Bowlin argues that evolution has increasingly functioned as more than a scientific theory. It has become a comprehensive worldview-a framework through which millions interpret reality, humanity, morality, and existence itself. Like every worldview, it offers a creation story, an explanation of humanity's place in the universe, and a lens through which life's deepest questions are answered.
Drawing from history, philosophy, culture, and theology, Bowlin examines how evolutionary thought moved beyond the laboratory and into classrooms, universities, media, politics, and popular culture. He explores the rise of scientific authority, the search for meaning in a world shaped by chance, the battle over human identity and morality, and the consequences that ideas produce when embraced by entire civilizations.
This book does not seek to attack science. Instead, it asks a deeper question: Where does science end and worldview begin?
Through fourteen thought-provoking chapters, readers will be challenged to examine the assumptions that often go unquestioned, consider the fruits produced by competing worldviews, and wrestle with one of the most important questions of our age:
Has evolution remained a scientific theory-or has it become something much more?
Whether you agree or disagree with its conclusions, Evolution Has Become a Religious Worldview invites you to think critically about the ideas that shape our culture, our values, and our understanding of what it means to be human.
