Science, Creation and all that Jazz

This is the event at which I’m speaking on Friday evening:

Creation

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This article was first published on Culturewatch.org. © Tony Watkins, 2010

Today sees the release in UK cinemas of Creation, marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly give beautifully nuanced performances as Charles and Emma Darwin experiencing a difficult period of [...]

Charles Darwin film ‘too controversial for religious America’ (Daily Telegraph)

Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin’s “struggle between faith and reason” as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts him as a man who loses faith in God following the death of his beloved 10-year-old daughter, Annie.

The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its British premiere on Sunday. It has been sold in almost every territory around the world, from Australia to Scandinavia.

However, US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution. [...]

Talking About . . . Darwin

As the world marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, his influence on the world is as enormous as ever. Whatever you think of his ideas, there’s no doubt that they have shaped science and profoundly affected many aspects of contemporary culture. Darwin’s meticulous work established the natural sciences as a serious scientific discipline for the first time. If this was Darwin’s only legacy, he would still be a towering figure in the history of science. But for most people, his name is linked only with On the Origin of Species. [...]

Review of Creation by Fionnuala Halligan – ScreenDaily

Released on the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th publishing anniversary of On The Origin Of Species, Creation opts to view the naturalist through a domestic prism; struggling to bridge a gulf of faith with his wife while preparing to publish the theories which will rock the religious establishment. . . [...]

Pollard on Film: Creation and changing your mind

via damaris.org

Nick Pollard explores Charles Darwin’s changing belief in God, with clips from the film ‘Creation’.

Two crucial questions are posed – Why is it that you believe what you do? and What would it take to make you change your mind?

Posted via web from Tony Watkins

Culturewatch.tv on ‘Creation’

I recently interviewed Nick Spencer for a one-off Culturewatch.tv video on Creation, the forthcoming film about Charles Darwin. Nick is the author of Darwin and [...]

‘Creation’ tells of Charles Darwin’s war between science and love -

Nev Pierce has written a piece about Creation in the LA Times.

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Darwin’s continuing relevance is one reason why “Creation” has been selected to open Toronto, which usually kicks off with a home-grown picture. “It’s a bit of a tradition for us to open with a Canadian film, yes,” [...]

Resources for churches and communities: Creation the movie (UK release: 25th Sept.)

Charles Darwin: eminent scientist, loving husband, grieving father. The film Creation explores the different sides to the man who some believe had ‘the biggest single idea in the history of thought’. Even today, Darwin’s legacy is at the centre of contemporary debate about our understanding of who we are and what it means to be human. This film explores the implications of Darwin’s theories, and the way that tragic events in his family life influenced his doubts about [...]

Test of Faith

Test of Faith (http://u.nu/3zf33) is a resource from the Faraday Institute for small groups to explore issues of science, faith and ethics. It includes a DVD documentary, but now eleven clips from it are now available online (about a third of the total video [...]