邁剋爾·魯斯在研究達爾文以及進化生物學方麵．著有專著多部。他如今是佛羅裏達州立大學的露西奧T．沃剋邁斯特哲學教授，並且一直活躍在跟創造論者的論辯中。在1981年阿肯色州圍繞創造論的審判中，魯斯是代錶美國公民自由聯盟的專傢證人之一。在那次審判中，他就進化哲學與創造論哲學二者之間的對立問題陳述瞭自己的觀點。

This book, first published in 2000, adopts a balanced perspective on the subject to offer a serious examination of both Darwinism and Christianity. He covers a wide range of topics, from the Scopes Monkey Trial to claims about the religious significance of extraterrestrials. He deals with major figures in the current science/religion debate and considers in detail the claims of the new creationism, revealing some surprising parallels between Darwinian materialists and traditional thinkers such as St. Augustine. Michael Ruse argues that, although it is at times difficult for a Darwinian to embrace Christian belief, it is by no means inconceivable. At the same time he suggests ways in which a Christian believer should have no difficulty accepting evolution in general, and Darwinism in particular.