God, Evolution and Intelligent Design with Jay Richards

This audio from Issues, Etc features an interview with Jay Richards, the editor of God and Evolution, which is one of World Magazine's top 2 books of the year. (subscribe to the Issues, Etc. podcast here). What does it mean to say that God “used evolution” to create the world? Is Darwin’s theory of evolution compatible with belief in God? And even if Darwin’s theory could be reconciled with religious belief, do we need to do so? More resources on this book can be found at the Faith and Evolution website, where you can find a number of videos outlining the themes covered in the book. Find the book here.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here. (21 min)

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Apologist Interview: Jay Richards

Today's interview is with Jay Richards, program director of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. (articles by Jay here) He talks about the use of intelligent design arguments in Christian apologetics, understanding the limits of arguments, removing obstacles to the Gospel, "God must have done it" caricatures,  the Privileged Planet thesis, the factors needed for a life-sustaining planet, the overlap between the conditions for life and the conditions for discovery, the materialistic worldview and the Copernican principle, pre-Copernican cosmology, earth-like exoplanets, design and constrained optimization, the importance of the moon for life and for science, the benefit of philosophical tools for apologetics, advice for apologists, and more.

Full Interview MP3 Audio here. (35 min)

Jay Richards' books include:
• God and Evolution
• The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery
• Unapologetic Apologetics: Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies
• The Untamed God: A Philosophical Exploration of Divine Perfection, Simplicity, and Immutability
• THE DVD: The Privileged Planet

Check out Jay's view on The Grand Design, and his debate with Christopher Hitchens.

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Philosopher Jay Richards on The Grand Design

In this audio, Michael Licona interviews philosopher Jay Richards about Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow's book: The Grand Design. Richards outlines and explains some of the problematic issues found in Hawking's statements. Original audio found at NAMB. More responses to the Grand Design here.

Full MP3 Interview here. (35 min)

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Jay Richards vs. Christopher Hitchens Debate MP3 Audio

This is a January 2008 debate at Stanford University between Christopher Hitchens and Jay Richards on the topic: Atheism vs. Theism and The Scientific Evidence of Intelligent Design. Also moderated by Ben Stein, as this was a debate leading up to the Expelled movie release.  Thanks to Wintery Knight for providing video links here.

Full MP3 Audio here. (1hr 50min)

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More Hitchens debates here. More from Jay Richards here.

Last year's 3-minute post here.