Real talk: I just got back from an excellent, busy weekend at the American Scientific Affiliation annual meeting, and I'm off to a few days beyond the reaches of the Internet. So this seems like a perfect time for the science edition of reader feedback posts we're currently working through here at ESN. We want to make sure we're meeting your needs. And I'd particularly love to hear if any of the experiments I've been attempting are working. Please consider responding to any or all of the following questions in the … [Read more...] about Sciences at ESN This Fall: What Are You Looking For?
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Is God Relevant in an Age of Science? (STEAM Grant Series November Question)
This academic year, ESN is creating a Faith/Science curriculum for young adult small groups. We're partnering with InterVarsity graduate student discussion groups to identify faith/science questions that are important to emerging scholars, and then commissioning thoughtful Christians in science or theology/philosophy to explore those questions in a series at the ESN blog. We will publish these posts as a booklet curriculum for campus groups. You can find previous posts in the series and related posts here. … [Read more...] about Is God Relevant in an Age of Science? (STEAM Grant Series November Question)
Science Reader Question: So you want to read more about evolutionary biology and theology
I've written a lot over the past two months on the topics of evolutionary biology and theology, perhaps more than some of you required. And yet I've also only scratched the surface of the relevant issues. Rather than continue ad nauseum, I thought I'd conclude this series with some suggestions for further reading. This won't be an exhaustive bibliography; if you want something more comprehensive, you might try the relevant sections of the American Scientific Affiliation's categorized resources or this reading list from … [Read more...] about Science Reader Question: So you want to read more about evolutionary biology and theology
Science Reader Question: Putting the Biology in Evolutionary Biology
We've been taking a look at what an evolutionary natural history implies about God's nature, human nature, and other theological topics. Last week I addressed some of the benefits of an evolutionary perspective. I think affirming evolution doesn't mean settling for an otherwise undesirable position out of obligation to science; I believe looking at the world through an evolutionary lens is actually consistent with the narrative of scripture. At the same time, I am a biologist and this is a science column, so I'd like to … [Read more...] about Science Reader Question: Putting the Biology in Evolutionary Biology
Science Reader Question: Life on the Edge
Throughout this ongoing series on evolution, inspired by some reader questions, we've looked at a lot of the challenges an evolutionary natural history presents for traditional Christian theology. Accounting for the modern biological understanding of life's origin and diversity is usually framed as a series of conundrums requiring either substantial effort to resolve, or an ultimate rejection of either science or scripture. If evolutionary natural history is so problematic, why bother? If there's any uncertainty, why … [Read more...] about Science Reader Question: Life on the Edge