Three Views on Christianity and Scien..., Zondervan
Three Views on Christianity and Scien..., Zondervan
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Three Views on Christianity and Science

Author: Zondervan

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2021


Synopsis

When it comes to relating Christianity to modern Western culture, perhaps no topic is more controversial than the relationship between Christianity and science.Outside the church, the myth of an age-old conflict between science and Christianity is nearly ubiquitous in popular culture and can poison the well before a fruitful dialogue can begin. Within the church, opposing viewpoints on the relation between Christianity and science often lead to division and rancor.Three Views on Christianity and Science addresses both types of conflict. Featuring leading evangelical representatives, it presents three primary options for the compatibility of Christianity and science and models constructive dialogue on the surrounding controversial issues.The highlighted contributors and their views are:Michael Ruse, Independence View--When functioning correctly, science and Christian theology operate independently of each other, seeking answers to different questions through different means.Alister McGrath, Dialogue View--Though the natural sciences and Christian philosophy and theology function differently, they can and should inform each other.Bruce L. Gordon, Constrained Integration View--Science, philosophy, and theology all contribute to our understanding of reality. Their interactions constrain each other and together present an optimally coherent and integrated picture of reality.By engaging with the viewpoints of the contributors, listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of the compatibility of science and Christianity, as well as of the positions of those who disagree with them. Scholars, students, pastors, and interested laypeople will be able to make use of this material in research, assignments, sermons and lessons, evangelism, and apologetics.

About Paul Copan

Paul Copan (PhD, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. In addition to authoring many journal articles, he has written or edited over thirty books in philosophy, theology, and apologetics, including Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration, and has served as President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have six children and live in West Palm Beach.

About Christopher L. Reese

Christopher Reese is a freelance writer and the managing editor of The Worldview Bulletin. He cofounded the Christian Apologetics Alliance and is a general editor of The Dictionary of Christianity and Science (Zondervan, 2017).

About Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse was formerly the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the History and Philosophy of Science Program at Florida State University. He is a philosopher and historian of science, mainly evolutionary theory, and has been much involved in fighting Creationism. The author or editor of over fifty books, he is the founding editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy. A sometime Guggenheim Fellow and Gifford Lecturer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the recipient of four honorary degrees and other honors.

About Alister E. McGrath

Alister E. McGrath is a historian, biochemist, and Christian theologian born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McGrath, a longtime professor at Oxford University, now holds the Chair in Science and Religion at Oxford. He is the author of several books on theology and apologetics, including Christianity's Dangerous Idea and Mere Apologetics. He lives in Oxford, England and lectures regularly in the United States.

About Bruce L. Gordon

Bruce L. Gordon (PhD, Northwestern University) is Associate Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science at Houston Baptist University. He is a co-editor and contributor to The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science (ISI Books, 2011) and Biological Information: New Perspectives (World Scientific, 2013), as well as the author of many articles for academic journals and edited collections including, most recently, "Idealism and Science: The Quantum-Theoretic and Neuroscientific Foundations of Reality" in Rethinking Idealism and Immaterialism (Routledge, forthcoming 2020), "Scientific Explanations are Not Limited to Natural Causes" in Problems in Epistemology and Metaphysics (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020), "The Necessity of Sufficiency: The Argument from the Incompleteness of Nature" in Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God: The Plantinga Project (Oxford University Press, 2018), and "The Incompatibility of Physicalism with Physics" in Christian Physicalism? Philosophical Theological Criticisms (Lexington Books, 2018).


Reviews

This is a good volume, but it should be noted that sections of the work are technical though not necessary for understanding a stronger understanding of philosophy, theology, and science would be beneficial. my only critique is that the editor's conclusion (Paul Copan) was a little heavy handed with......more

Goodreads review by Matt

While I did enjoy reading the book and I'm glad that there was an agnostic viewpoint. I feel as tho it was missing a number of critical elements that could be present in a book like this. I would have much more enjoyed an attempt at reconciling a young earth view with say the distant light problem,......more

Goodreads review by Josiah

I was hoping for a lot more than this book delivered. I guess it makes sense that for a subject like this that essentially asks "Can Christianity and Science co-exist?" one would have a contributer that answers no, it cannot. But you have to realize that the vast majorities of readers of this book w......more

Goodreads review by Kaine

This book is a pretty good introduction to the prevailing views on how Religion and Science can interact from a predominantly Judeo-Christian perspective. While an excellent introduction to the concepts, this most book is most certainly written with the Christian audience in mind. To me, the targete......more