The Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science

The author compares the biblical creation narrative with contemporary geological, astronomical, and physiological evidence, setting out alleged conflicts such as the duration of the creative days, fossil succession, the appearance of animal life, prehistoric death, and early carnivory. He examines the key problem of whether the days are literal, critiques assumptions about uniform rates of geological change, and argues that scientific knowledge can aid interpretation of the scriptural account. Supplementary discussions consider plant physiology relevant to the fourth day's work and the possible survival of ancient creature-traditions in myth, aiming to reconcile theological claims with empirical findings.