"If Darwin Prayed" By Bruce Sanguin
Bruce Sanguin. If Darwin Prayed: Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics . Evans and Sanguin Publishing, 2010. 250 pgs. This is a prayer book. It follows the Christian calendar, including prayers for each season (i.e. Christmas, Lent, Easter, etc.) and for special occasions (i.e. baptisms, funerals, etc.). Each section begins with a brief introduction and continues with one or more prayers on the subject. However, this is no ordinary prayer book, as the title ought to let you know. It is a prayer book based on what Sanguin calls "evolutionary Christian spirituality." According to the promotional copy these prayers "awaken in us a sacred impulse to evolve in and toward the heart of the divine." According to Sanguin, in his introduction, he is attempting to "incorporate the evolutionary nature of reality into our theology and liturgy." To integrate science into our spirituality would be a daunting task all on its own. To do so with a specific scientific model...