By Nick Spencer & Denis Alexander
Theos. 66 pages. £10.00
ISBN 978-0-95544-535-4
This small book is, according to its frontispiece, a report on ‘the extent and nature of evolutionary and non-evolutionary beliefs in the UK today and their perceived relationship with theism and atheism’.
Nick Spencer is director of Theos and Denis Alexander is the director of the Faraday Institute, which is well known for its view that the Genesis account of Creation should be seen through the lens of evolution. According to Theos’s own website (http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/), they have written this as part of an ongoing programme to ‘Rescue Darwin’. This programme was announced on that website on June 3 2008 and has been funded by the Templeton Foundation, so that any discerning reader will be aware from the outset that this does not come with a pedigree of strong evangelical tradition.
