If politics applies truth to arrive at policies, and if science is a way of discovering truth, then the two will inevitably be intertwined.Read more…
Reflection: Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places
Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places is “an attempt to think with congregations, particularly congregations in cities, about how social science can both help churches become more aware of themselves and of those who live around them” (19).Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 10
It makes sense to me that the mind is not fully reducible to the brain and its activity, and that mental states are causally meaningful. At the same time, it makes sense that the mind is mediated by the brain, arising from the numerous interactions of nerve cells and other biological entities, possibly as an outgrowth of sensory perception turned inward.Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 9
The Easter season is a natural time for Christians to reflect on miracles, as the resurrection of Jesus is the central miracle of our tradition.Read more…
Winsome Persuasion. A Teaser
The uniqueness of Winsome Persuasion is that it helps readers prepare to engage by laying the theoretical foundation for understanding what constitutes a counterpublic (section 1), discovering the rhetorical and philosophical tools necessary for engagement (section 2), and wrestling with issues specific to Christian counterpublics (section 3).Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 8
Evolutionary biology is a challenging topic; the history of the Christian church’s reaction to it, doubly so. Continuing a theme running throughout When Science and Christianity Meet, David Livingston identifies the human element as a major complicating factor. Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 7
As far as I can tell you are all the family I was born with, and to the extent it is up to me you are all also the family I choose.Read more…
Review: Thinking Through Creation
With Thinking Through Creation, Chris Watkin succeeds brilliantly in providing a short, clear and accessible volume that sets the reader on a path towards his stated goal of developing a biblical “interpretive grid” to understand culture (p.3).Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 6
How do you reconcile science and the Bible when one can be updated by new data and the other cannot?Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 5
If you can sing a children’s song about the Ark, you’ll probably agree with Janet Browne that the Noah story is “deeply embedded” in our minds and culture. A story so familiar and beloved must be addressed with care.Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 4
Start talking about morphallactic regeneration and now you’ve really got the attention of this biologist.Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 3
How can such a foreign idea feel so familiar? That was my recurring question from William Ashworth’s essay “Christianity and the Mechanistic Universe.” Ashworth’s approach is wide ranging, weaving threads from ancient Greek philosophy with the nascent science of sixteenRead more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 2
How comfortable are you with the role of chance in the study of history?Read more…
Science Book Club: When Science & Christianity Meet Ch 1
We’re in the first week of our blog book club on When Science & Christianity Meet and taking a look at chapter 1.Read more…
Science Book Review: Jesus, Beginnings, and Science
Dave & Kate Vosburg bring us a discussion guide to help break the ice on conversations about science and creation.Read more…
Science Book Club: Quantum Physics and Theology Ch 5 & Review
I am persuaded that anyone interested in how we learn about God and why certain approaches are more fruitful than others will find this book enlightening.Read more…
Science Book Club: Quantum Physics and Theology Ch 4
If we’re meant to believe these things on faith, or really at all, why leave so many open questions?Read more…
Science Book Club: Quantum Physics and Theology Ch 3
Even if we admit some sense of progress in science whereby knowledge accumulates and truth is monotonically, if perhaps asymptotically, approached, we can also appreciate that answering questions reveals more questions we didn’t previously know we should be asking.Read more…
Science Book Club: Quantum Physics and Theology Ch 2
One thing I really appreciate about Polkinghorne is his frank and direct emphasis of Jesus at the center of his theology.Read more…
Science Book Club: Quantum Physics and Theology Ch 1
Welcome to the start of our blog book discussion of Quantum Physics and Theology by John Polkinghorne.Read more…
Science Corner: Rebooting Quantum Physics
In its original formulation, quantum physics lacked a theoretical foundation. The math wasn’t derived from obvious first principles, it was selected because it matched experimental results.Read more…
Science Book Review: The War on Science
To the extent that there really is a war on science, I would preferred more of a peace proposal than marching orders for one side.Read more…
Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 11-13
This is the “what then shall we do?” section. As with the rest of the book, it is sweeping and ambitious in scope.Read more…
Science Book Club: The War on Science Ch 9-10
[T]he material on climate science is important and worth framing in a broader context, and obviously Otto is correct that evangelicals question evolutionary biology in large numbers, but I’m not persuaded that Otto is as engaged with the the religious topics to make such strong assertions about religion.Read more…