General Synod, United Church of Christ, Fort Worth, Texas, 1989, p.4. "United Methodist Church Genetic Task Force Report to the 1992 General Conference," p. 118. Ann Lammers and Ted Peters , "Genethics

Peters’ Typology Ted Peters offers eight possibilities for understanding the relation between science and religion, varying ‘from pitched battle to an uneasy truce’ His categories are: scientism -

. Darwin's book suggested that instead of being specially created by God, humanity was the product of biological evolution. As he later wrote: ANNOUNCER: "Man is descended from a hairy quadruped furnished with a tail and pointed ears,

Life Forms By Ted Peters Books with expanded discussions: Ted Peters, The Evolution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life (Pandora 2008) Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett , Can You Believe in God and

. . Peters, Ted , Anticipating Omega . Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Publishers, 2006. Peters, Ted, Playing God? Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom. London and New York: Routledge,

and Intelligent Design By Ted Peters and Martinez Hewlett The evolution controversy is rife with alternatives. Like a giant buffet dinner, we have sitting before us a feast of alternative explanations for the origin of species . Depending

0232512906. Peters, Ted , ed. Genetics : Issues of Social Justice . (Cleveland: Pilgrim, 1998). ISBN: 0829812512. ______. God - the World's Future: Systematic Theology for a Postmodern Era . (Minneapolis:

wonderful event,” commented a mainline Protestant. “From an evangelical Christian perspective,” wrote another respondent, “the Word of God was written for us on Earth to reveal the creator....Why should we repudiate the idea

beliefs” (Roper). The Peters ETI Religious Crisis Survey strongly reinforces this Roper conclusion. Topic Index More: Survey Design Show Related Topics Printer-friendly |

Surveys were circulated to a number of clergy, religious, and other intellectual leaders as well as lay people from most major religious groups and people who consider them selves to be non-religious. In phase one we recruited local