Scientism and Secularism, J. P. Moreland
Scientism and Secularism, J. P. Moreland
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Scientism and Secularism
Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology

Author: J. P. Moreland, Dan Egeler

Narrator: Matthew McAuliffe

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Rigid adherence to scientism―as opposed to a healthy respect for science―is all too prevalent in our world today. Rather than leading to a deeper understanding of our universe, this worldview actually undermines real science and marginalizes morality and religion.In this book, celebrated philosopher J. P. Moreland exposes the self-defeating nature of scientism and equips us to recognize scientism’s harmful presence in different aspects of culture, emboldening our witness to biblical Christianity and arming us with strategies for the integration of faith and science―the only feasible path to genuine knowledge.

About J. P. Moreland

J. P. Moreland is one of the leading Evangelical thinkers of our day. He is the distinguished professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and director of Eidos Christian Center. With degrees in philosophy, theology, and chemistry, he has taught theology and philosophy at several schools throughout the United States. He has authored or coauthored many books, including Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, Christianity and the Nature of Science, Scaling the Secular City, Does God Exist?, The Lost Virtue of Happiness, and Body and Soul. He is coeditor of Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus and his work appears in many publications, such as Christianity Today. He served with Campus Crusade for ten years, planted two Campus Crusade works and two churches, and has spoken on more than two hundred college campuses and in hundreds of churches.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, the intellectual tectonic plates shifted with a force that continues to reverberate to this day. One of the tragic consequences (among many) that the book helped spawn was the philosophical notion of scientism. While this trendy worldvi......more

Goodreads review by Ray Simmons

Scientism is the Dominate Religion of our Public Schools and Universities. Having finished the book, I have added it to my short list of "Core Knowledge" books. Here are the others: Logic and Metaphysics by Aristotle, Mere Christianity by Lewis, He is There and He is Not Silent by Schaeffer, True Sp......more

Goodreads review by Mahdi

I enjoyed reading this book very much. In a world that fetishizes science and champions it unconditionally, it's good reading a book that humbles science by enumerating the numerous shortcomings of science and the intrinsic incoherency of scientism as a worldview. I didn't find too much on Secularis......more

Goodreads review by Lee

J. P. Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University, has written an extremely important book that all thinking Christians would benefit from. The title makes the point: the book is a response to the dangerous ideology of scientism. Moreland defines scientism as the view that tr......more

Quotes

“[Moreland] makes a persuasive case that fields like philosophy, morality, and theology yield genuine knowledge.” Nancy Pearcey, author of Total Truth

“With cross-disciplinary depth and precise argument, J. P. Moreland not only puts science back in its lane, he defines the lane—and in doing so rescues true science from self-destructive overreach.” David Schmus, executive director, Christian Educators Association International

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