The creation narrative, Ackland argues, is the foundation of all revelation, so the claim that science has refuted it must be faced. He works through the difficulties one by one: the six days, the first traces of life in the rocks, simultaneous creation, death and carnivorous animals before the Fall, and Darwin’s theory of sexual selection.
A document of how Victorian believers met the challenge of geology and evolution, useful for historians of science and faith. Download the free EPUB.