Over the last several years we have discussed many books relevant to the issues of science and faith or faith with intellectual integrity. One of the overriding themes of this discussion is a conviction that God and his creation will make sense as we contemplate and consider the questions raised by modern science. It is difficult to find much of the material on the blog, however. This page provides links to the various books and topics and in an organized fashion. It should be noted that some of the material could be listed under multiple headings. For the most part I have avoided doing that and have linked each book or post only under the most appropriate heading. Most of these posts were written by RJS, some by Scot, a few by others.
(Check back often – more is added to this page all the time)
Books on Science and Faith
The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions by Karl Giberson and Francis Collins.
This book addresses in narrative form the questions that Francis Collins received by letter and emails following the publication of his 2006 book The Language of God.
Posts: The Language of Science and Faith, How Do We Relate Science and Religion?, Are the Laws of Nature Free?, Evolution, Entropy, and Human Beings 1, Evolution, Entropy, and Human Beings 2.
Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach by Vern Poythress
This book looks at approaches available to reconcile science and faith. The author is a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary and takes a conservative and reformed approach to scripture. He describes how he finds it possible to reconcile science, including evolutionary biology, with faith and scripture.
Posts: Science, Faith, and Vern Poythress; Parts One, Two, Three
The Language of God by Francis Collins
This book, written by an eminent scientist and Christian, gives Dr. Collins’s story of faith, looks at the evidence for evolutionary creation and explains his approach to the questions of science and faith.
Posts: The Language of God: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six.
Nature’s Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith (Living Theology) by Daniel Harrell
This book is an engaging and conversational look at the issues that evolution raises for faith. An excellent introductory book.
Post: Evolution and Fundamentalism
Theology After Darwin edited by R.J. Berry and Michael Northcott
This book contains 11 scholarly essay on theology in the context of evolution.
Posts: Theology After Darwin 1, What About Intelligent Design?, Theology After Darwin 3, Evolution and Environmentalism, Being Human After Darwin 1, Being Human After Darwin 2, The Age to Come — New Creation After Darwin
Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Life by John Haught
This book presents an interesting point of view for looking at levels of meaning in creation. John Haught is a Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University and Professor of Theology Emeritus. His approach is rather too liberal for most evangelicals, but contains some interesting insights.
Posts: Evolution in the Key of D: Darwin, Design, and Diversity, Descent and Drama, Direction, Depth and Death, Duty and Devotion, Deity or Deism?
Coming to Peace With Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology by Darrel Falk
Darrel Falk is a professor of Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego CA. This book is a description, arising from his own experience and his experience with college students at a Christian college, of the reconciliation of science, especially evolutionary biology, with Christian faith.
Post: At Peace With Science?
The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth by Davis A. Young and Ralph F. Stearley
Davis Young is Professor Emeritus of Geology and Ralph Stearley is Professor of Geology and Chairman of the Department of Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have put together a nice and readable presentation of the geological evidence for the age of the earth. This book is an excellent resource for any Pastor and any Christian struggling with the issue.
Post: The Bible, Rocks, and Time
Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design by Deborah B. and Loren D. Haarsma
The Haarsma’s, both professors in the Physics Department at Calvin College, have written a book designed for use in small groups or Sunday classes exploring the science and theology of origins – creation, evolution, and intelligent design. This book gives an even-handed presentation of the range of views, thoughtful observation, and excellent discussion questions. The book also points the reader to online resources and contains a useful list of additional resources at the end of each chapter. The version I originally reviewed was aimed at the reformed church with some emphasis on the reformed confessions. The new version linked here is aimed at a broader Christian audience.
Post: Origins – A Resource, Should We Teach the Storehouse Theory?
This web site from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion was put together to provide introductory resources for those who are interested in or troubled by the interaction between science and faith. There is a DVD: Test of Faith, Instructor’s Bundle: Includes Book, Leader’ S Guide, Study Guide, and DVD, a book: Test of Faith: Spiritual Journeys with Scientists, resources for group discussions with a leaders guide and study guides Test of Faith: Science and Christianity Unpacked, a version for youth 11-14 and 14-18 (here) and a version for kids planned, a YouTube Channel and more.
Posts: Test of Faith – Does Science Threaten Belief in God?, Test of Faith – Is Evolution a Random Process?, Are We Just the Sum of Our Neurons?
A Leap of Truth
A new documentary film coming out soon . I will provide an active link when it is available. This film, by Ryan Pettey at Satellite Pictures, is designed to be a positive contribution to the discussion of science and faith, especially science and evangelical Christian faith.
Posts: A Leap of Truth: Evolutionary Creation and Genesis
Natural Theology
God’s Universe by Owen Gingerich
An excellent small book contesting the idea that science and our understanding of the Universe eliminates purpose or design. Owen Gingerich is Professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science Emeritus at Harvard University.
Posts: No posts directly on the book – but several refer to the book: Knowing, Can Darwin be Saved 3, and The Heavens Declare.
A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology by Alister McGrath
This book is an enlarged version of his 2009 Gifford Lectures in which McGrath examines the evidence for and interpretation of fine-tuning in the universe.
Posts: A Fine Tuned Universe? Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten.
Quarks, Chaos & Christianity and Belief in God in an Age of Science.
The Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne was a very successful scientist, Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University, before he resigned to study for the priesthood. He has since been a parish priest, Dean of the Chapel at Trinity Hall Cambridge and President of Queen’s College, Cambridge. After retirement he continues to write, think, and lecture about the interface between science and faith. No posts specifically on his books – but they are referred to in a number of posts.
Posts: Polkinghorne on Natural Theology and Moral Law, An Afternoon With John Polkinghorne, An Interview with John Polkinghorne, Polkinghorne on A Destiny Beyond Death, Your Favorite Joke.
Quantum Leap: How John Polkinghorne Found God in Science and Religion by Dean Nelson and Karl Giberson.
A biographical interaction with the life of John Polkinghorne, his move from a Professorship to the Anglican priesthood and then to his current place as one who thinks and writes about the intersection between science and the Christian faith.
Posts: Quantum Leap
Life’s Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe by Simon Conway Morris.
This book is an exploration of the evidence for evolutionary convergence – the idea that there are islands of stability and that evolution will identify these islands. Conway Morris is Professor of Evolutionary Paleobiology at Cambridge University. He is also a Christian and puts some effort into integrating his science with a Christian world view.
Posts: Evolution’s Place Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six. (Posts one and four are related to this book – but are not directly on the book.)
Theology in the Context of Science by John C. Polkinghorne.
The question asked in Theology in the Context of Science is straightforward: Can science and the study of science and religion provide a context for theology? We’ve entered an age where greater awareness of the world, understanding of history, and sensitivity to power structures and cultural influences has led to contextual theologies. Dr. Polkinghorne suggests that science is another context for theology that can enhance and inform our Christian faith.
Posts: Science and Theology – Science as Context, What Has Science Taught Us?, A Matter of Time, Are Science and Theology Complementary?, Motivated Belief.
The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World by Karl Giberson
This book is a description of the wonder of our universe and of the process of discovery that led to our modern understanding of the universe. It is an excellent book for a general audience – college educated perhaps (although high school students may like it as well), but with little understanding of science required. This book has none of the problem with “tone” found in some of Dr. Giberson’s other books. It is a book that can be recommended to any Christian interested in science and the Christian faith.
Posts: The Wonder of the Universe, Is Science Ever-Changing and Thus Untrustworthy?, Can We Find God Through Nature?
God and the Cosmos: Divine Activity in Space, Time and History by Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H. Davis
Science and scientists are finding a natural explanation for all manner of phenomena formerly attributed to the work of God. This appears to squeeze God into an increasingly small corner of the universe – and many argue it removes God from the picture all together. As Laplace famously replied to Napoleon … we have “no need of that hypothesis.” Poe and Davis are addressing these latter kinds of questions in their book. Can a transcendent and personal God really act in the universe? and Can science help us answer this question? The answers are not what one might expect.
Posts: God and the Cosmos … Intelligent Design?, The Death of Poetry?, Beyond the God of the Gaps.
Books and Posts on Evolution, Darwinism, and Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design Uncensored by Willim Dembski and Jonathan Witt
A discussion of the concepts in intelligent design emphasizing the need to combat philosophical materialism. The scientific discussion is unsatisfactory and the book emphasizes the culture war aspects of the discussion.
Post: Questions – What about Intelligent Design?
Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Stephen C. Meyer
In this book Stephen Meyer, one of the leading proponents for Intelligent Design, puts forth his case. This book essentially argues that life is very complex, the origin of life is a puzzle, and the information content in DNA cannot be explained by natural means. We interacted with and critiqued some of the ideas in the book in a long series of posts.
Posts: Signature in the Cell: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine
Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution by Karl Giberson
This book covers the history of the interaction of ideas that led us to the present state of conflict between science and Christian faith. Gilberson’s book is not a science book, it is a history book, an attempt to provide context and a sense of perspective.
Posts: Can Darwin Be Saved? Part One, Two, Three
Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution edited by John Cobb
John B. Cobb Jr. Professor Emeritus of the Claremont School of Theology organized a conference on evolution and religion. This conference eventually gave rise to this book of essays exploring various scientific and philosophical questions. The contributors vary dramatically in outlook and position. Cobb supplemented and organized the book with an aim to highlight ideas of emergence and process theology. This book is not for the average pastor or church member – but may prove useful for one working in a graduate school environment. It provides valuable background information.
Post: Back to Darwin?
Darwin and the Bible: The Cultural Confrontation edited by Richard H. Robbins and Mark Nathan Cohen.
This book contains a series of chapters by authors ranging from Steven Jay Gould to Phillip E. Johnson and aims to structure discussion around the historical, theological, social, and political aspects of the confrontation between science and religion. It is designed for a college classroom setting containing a range of views. It is not a Christian apologetic or perspective although it includes Christian perspectives.
Posts: Darwin and the Bible: One, Two, Three.
Books on Scripture
Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns
A short and very readable book (no footnotes!) that presents a useful approach to understanding the Scripture that we have as the Word of God. Dr. Enns suggests the use of an incarnational model or parallel. As Christ is fully human and fully divine – so also scripture is fully human and fully divine. Enns invites his reader to consider an important question: How does scripture’s full humanity and full divinity affect what we should expect from Scripture?
Posts: The Bible and Knowledge 5: Inspiration and Incarnation
God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship by Kenton Sparks
This book describes some of the problems identified in scripture and suggests an approach to interpretation and understanding that relies heavily on the idea of accommodation, God’s accommodation to limited human perspective. The book is written with an edge that makes it controversial, but contains many interesting ideas and useful insights. It contains more detail than the book by Peter Enns (longer and including footnotes).
Posts: Enns, Sparks, Arnold, Chapman on the OT: One, Two, Three; The Bible and Knowledge: One, Two, Three, Four
The Last Word: Scripture and the Authority of God–Getting Beyond the Bible Wars by N. T. Wright and his revised and expanded book Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today.
Wright’s book deals specifically with purpose of Scripture and the nature of Scripture as authority by asking the following questions (among others): In what sense is the Bible authoritative? How can the Bible be appropriately understood and interpreted?
Post: The Bible and Authority
The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John Walton
In this book OT scholar and Wheaton professor John Walton offers new insight into the creation narrative in Genesis 1:1-2:3
Posts: Genesis One: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen; God, Science, and Evolution.
Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution by Denis O. Lamoureux
Dr. Lamoureux has a Ph.D. in Biology (Oral Biology–Dental Development and Evolution) and a Ph.D. in Theology. He has put a great deal of effort into thinking through the debates over science and origins in the church. This is a book that describes a way to move beyond the creation and evolutions debates. The book takes modern science seriously but concentrates on the approach to interpretation of scripture.
Posts: Evolutionary Creation Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten.
Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins by Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III.
This book provides another angle on the question of creation and the intent of the creation narratives in Genesis combining expertise in science and Biblical Studies. Richard Carlson is a research physicist at the University of Redlands in Redlands California. Tremper Longman III is an old testament scholar, the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. The book is short and readable. The overview of creation passages in scripture, including Psalms, Isaiah, Job, and the New Testament is particularly useful.
Posts: Creation and Worldview Parts One, Two.
Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible by John C. Polkinghorne
The Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne opens Testing Scripture with a bit of a biographical note: Scripture has been very important to me in my Christian life. For more than sixty years I have read the Bible every day. In this short book Dr. Polkinghorne describes his approach to scripture through eyes of faith, with a mind turned toward God, and with a practical realism for the nature of the text and how it is to be read and understood.
Posts: One, Two, Creation and Fall, Is There Ambiguity in the Bible?, Why Would a Scientist Believe the Virgin Birth?.
Genesis for Normal People by Peter Enns and Jared Byas
This short e-book is written in an informal voice for Christians who have little if any formal training in biblical studies. It will rock the world for some because it presents the purpose and form of the OT in general and Genesis in particular from a point of view that is distinctly different from the approach the average Christian is familiar with. A running theme from Enns and Byas is that we have to learn to read the OT through ancient eyes … this is how we can best understand the message.
Posts: Genesis for Normal People, Abraham and Israel for Normal People.
Other Posts on the Nature of Scripture
Throwing the Bible Under the Bus?
Can the Bible be read both critically and religiously?
The Bible and Authority Revisited
The Bible and Authority Revisited 2
Science, Scripture, and Worldview
The Primacy of Scripture and the Fall
Intellectual Integrity: Science, Scripture, Faith and the Academy
Wright, Hays, and History as Apologetic
Christian Worldview – Is There a Place?
Evangelical … With Intellectual Integrity
Christianity and Higher Education
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
Francis Collins, in the brief stretch between stints as head of the Human Genome Project at NIH and, now, Director of NIH, put together an anthology of readings he finds helpful in discussing rational reasons for belief in God. The essays and excerpts in this book will not provide a proof for the existence of God – no such proof is possible. But they do provide arguments and reasons for belief.
Posts: belief, the modern case, story or history, what is the point, the meaning of life, the problem of evil and suffering, the problem of evil and forgiveness.
Science vs Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Elaine Howard Ecklund
This book draws on an extensive survey of nearly 1700 professors at twenty one “elite” universities, in seven core disciplines (chemistry, physics, biology, sociology, economics, political science, and psychology), augmented by detailed interviews with 275 of them. The book uses 10 representative anecdotal stories to flesh out and personalize the findings. This book is well written, easy to read, and (speaking as a lab rat) she hits the target. I find nothing surprising, but much that provokes thought.
Posts: What do Scientists Really Think?: One, Two, Does Ph. D. –> Atheism?, God on the Quad?, Myths We Believe …
For the Common Good: Principles of American Academic Freedom by Matthew W. Finkin and Robert C. Post.
This book provides a historical description of the development of the ideals of academic freedom in the US, including the forces that have push for and against academic freedom.
Posts: For the Common Good One, Two.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn.
While Kuhn’s premise – that scientific revolutions represent changes in an accepted conceptual framework more than progress toward an objective truth – is rightly criticized by many, his insight and insistence that the conceptual frameworks of science are always influenced by historical and social factors remains an important, even revolutionary, contribution. Many Christians use Kuhn’s ideas about the nature of scientific revolutions to dismiss modern scientific views and stick with a more traditional view of creation.
Post: (Paradigm) Shift Happens.
Books on Doubt
Doubting by Alister McGrath
An excellent, short book on doubt, deals with this issue in a useful and pastoral way. Especially good suggestions for students and scholars confronted with challenges. It concentrates on approaches to questions more than answers for questions.
Post: Doubt
Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions by Rachel Held Evans.
This book is the memoir of a young Christian wrestling with the meaning and implications of Christian faith. It is well written and easy to read, with a thread of encouragement for the future. The issues that trouble Rachel include science and evolution, but the more important issues deal with hell and judgment.
Posts: Facing the Future in Community, Book Review by Justin Topp, Evolving Faith 1, Evolving Faith 2.
Young Earth, Old Earth, and Questions for Faith
Houston, We Still Have a Problem
The Credibility of our Christian Faith (by T)
Why Would God Use 4.6 Billion Years?
American Culture and Evangelicalism
The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age by Randall Stephens and Karl Giberson.
Quoting Dr. Giberson: In our new book, “The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age,” historian Randall Stephens and I look at the widespread and disturbing inability of American evangelicals to distinguish between real knowledge claims, rooted in serious research and endorsed by credible knowledge communities, and pseudo-claims made by unqualified groups and leaders that offer “faith-friendly” alternatives.
Posts: How Can We Know?, Anointed? … Evangelicals and Authority One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven .
Books on Christian Faith
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller
For the last two decades Tim Keller has ministered in Manhattan to reach an educated and largely unchurched urban population. In this book he draws on his experience to discuss seven common questions posed to deconstruct Christian belief, demonstrating that none of these need be “deal breakers.” He then spends the second half of the book reconstructing “The Reason for God” and of course, the orthodox Christian faith.
Posts: Our Reasonable Faith: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen
The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox
Cox is the Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus at Harvard and is best known for his 1965 book The Secular City. He also wrote When Jesus Came to Harvard: Making Moral Choices Today, a very thoughtful and thought provoking book. The Future of Faith explores the trends that Cox sees in the history of the church and his thoughts on the future of faith, including Christian faith. From his very liberal perspective – the future “Age of the Spirit” is both a good thing (away from the legalism of conservative Chrisitanity) and a bad thing (too many non western Christians actually take the Bible and the supernatural seriously).
Posts: Faith and the Future: Parts One, Two, Three, Four.
Finding Calcutta: What Mother Teresa Taught Me About Meaningful Work and Service by Mary Poplin.
From the Publishers description: Lifelong educator Mary Poplin, after experiencing a newfound awakening to faith, sent a letter to Calcutta asking if she could visit Mother Teresa and volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity. She received a response saying, “You are welcome to share in our works of love for the poorest of the poor.” This book describes her experiences and her realization that she could “find her Calcutta” in her home surroundings at the University.
Posts: Finding Calcutta Parts One, Two, Three.
The Question of Adam
The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn’t Say about Human Origins by Peter Enns
Peter Enns is an Old Testament scholar (Ph. D. in Near Eastern Langauges and Civilizations from Harvard). In this book he concentrates on the interpretation of the creation stories in Genesis and the use Paul makes of these stories in Romans and 1 Corinthians. His approach is from a position of faith, but he argues that we need to rethink the way we interpret these passages in the context of their intent in scripture.
Posts: Adam in Genesis and Paul, Once More With Feeling, When was Genesis Written … and Why?, What is the Purpose of the Old Testament?, What About Enuma Elish and Other ANE Myths?, Adam and Atrahasis, YHWH is Redeemer, But is Adam Israel?, Out of Egypt? … Say What?, Is the Adam of Genesis Not Paul’s Adam?, Paul’s (First Century) Use of Scripture, Paul’s Adam and the Gospel, So How Then Should We Think About Adam?.
Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?: Who They Were and Why You Should Care by C. John Collins
Dr. Collins is a professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis MO. His goal in writing this book is to show why he believes we should retain a version of the traditional view of Adam. He argues that the traditional position on Adam and Eve, or some variation of it, does the best job of accounting not only for the Biblical material and for our everyday experience as human beings.
Posts: The Search For the Historical Adam One, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine.
The Search for the Historical Adam 2. A discussion of the article and editorial in the June 2011 issue of Christianity Today.
Adam, Sin, and Death … Oh My Part 1, Part 2.
Adam’s Ancestors: Race, Religion, and the Politics of Human Origins by David Livingstone
This is a readable, but thorough and academic, book looking at the history of the idea of pre-adamic or non-adamic humans in western Christian thinking from the early church (Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine) through the middle ages, the explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth century, the debates on racial supremacy, and on to the present day. The book presents an interesting survey and puts many factors into perspective.
Posts: The Challenge of Adam: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (v. 62 no. 3 2010) Reading Genesis: The Historicity of Adam and Eve, Genomics, and Evolutionary Science
Posts: The Fall And Sin After Darwin One, Two, Three, Four, How Much History in Gen 1-3?, Did God Create us Sinful?, What is Sin?
Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives by Peter Bouteneff
This book explores the use of the creation narratives in Second Temple Judaism (ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE), in the New Testament, and in the writings of the early church fathers through the first four centuries of the church. This is a fascinating book – a bit academic, but not too strenuous a read.
Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle (New Studies in Biblical Theology) by Henri Blocher
A theologian looks at the question of Original Sin in the context of Romans 5.
Posts: Original Sin Returns: One, Two, Three, Four
Science, Faith, and Being Human
Science and Christian Virtue 1
Science and Christian Virtue 2
Rethinking Human Nature: A Christian Materialist Alternative to the Soul by Kevin Corcoran
Dr. Corcoran s a philosopher teaching at Calvin College and specializing in philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. He is a philosopher who connects philosophy with bible, theology, faith, and science. This book is a development of a view of persons as fully embodied beings.
Posts: Science, Body, and Soul part 1, part 2, part 3, The Stem Cell Challenge, Science, Body, Soul and Resurrection.
Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible by Joel B. Green
Dr. Joel B. Green is Professor of New Testament interpretation and Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. Before that he served on the faculty and administration of Asbury Theological Seminary. When Joel Green became interested in the questions of body and soul he responded by pursuing the topic from biblical, theological, philosophical, and scientific directions. Although trained in New Testament, he began graduate work in neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. While he didn’t finish a degree he has a more complete perspective on the topic than many theologians or philosophers. Borrowing from the product description, in this book he explores “what Scripture and theology teach about issues such as being in the divine image, the importance of community, sin, free will, salvation, and the afterlife.”
Posts: Being Human One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine.
Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson
Dr. Thompson is a psychiatrist in private practice, and this book comes from his study and experience in this context. The book explores the relationship between brain and mind and looks at the impact a better understanding of this relationship might have on both spiritual practices and relationships. As a Christian, Dr. Thompson looks at the impact new findings in neuroscience have on our understanding of Christian practice and transformation.
Post: Anatomy of the Soul
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and Half the Church by Carolyn Custis James
Half the Sky is a powerful book that explores the oppression of women worldwide, from rape, sex-trafficking, and maternal mortality to domestic violence, “cutting” and infanticide. Half the Church takes this and looks at biblical portraits of women and at the need for action.
Post: Half the Sky and the Power of Story.
Skeptics of Religion
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths by Michael Shermer.
Posts: Is it All a Trick of the Mind?
Miracles
Did Jesus Really Walk on Water?
Science and Christianity … Why Resurrection?
Naturalism and Christian Faith
What Role Naturalism? 2 – Insights from Thomas
Investigating the Unnatural – Is Science the Religion of the 21st Century?
Investigating the Unnatural – Why Believe in God?
Approaches to Conversation on Science, Faith, and Evolution
Science and Faith – A Pastoral Approach
Telling Our Story – The Story of Genesis
Telling Our Story – The Story of Jesus
A Statement on Science, Faith, and Human Origins
Science and the Evangelical Mission
A Slippery Slope … or A Two Way Street?
Pastors Unconvinced … Now What?
Is Science Merely Wisdom of This World?
Evangelical Evolutionists … and an Opportunity
Theology … The Queen of the Sciences?
Miscellaneous Posts
Evangelicals on Evolution, Women, and the Future
The World’s Oceans – Should We Worry?
Scientific Progress or A Step Too Far?
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