History of Science
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RELIGIONS: Special Issue
Read more: RELIGIONS: Special Issue“Exploring Science from a Biblical Perspective,” a special issue of the online, open-access journal Religions, for which I was the invited guest editor, has been completed. The articles cover a range of topics, from the Big Bang to the Panda’s Thumb. A brief Introduction with links to all of the articles is here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1023 .…
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Abstracts for the Biola meeting, “In Defense of Truth”
Read more: Abstracts for the Biola meeting, “In Defense of Truth”Below are the final abstracts and bios for the meeting. 9:00 AM SESSION 1: “Thinking about Truth” 9:00 AM. David Snoke, University of Pittsburgh “How did we get here? A brief overview of modernism, postmodernism, and post-post-modernism” Abstract: Many people are reacting against “critical theory” at present, and to the general attack on the legacy of…
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Schedule for the February 4, 2023 Meeting at Biola University, “In Defense of Truth”
Read more: Schedule for the February 4, 2023 Meeting at Biola University, “In Defense of Truth”The scientific enterprise has historically rested on the belief that objective truth can be found, or at least well approximated, with sufficient effort and care. The Christian world view also embraces this view. Yet in the past 100 years, our society has moved toward other views, which see this approach as a power play by…
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Review of God’s Good Earth
Read more: Review of God’s Good EarthJon Garvey, God’s Good Earth, (https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Good-Earth-Jon-Garvey/dp/1532652003/) In my talk for the webinar, I mentioned this book by Jon Garvey. Subtitled “The case for an unfallen creation”, it arguues for just that: that the physical created world is not “fallen” at all, but just as God designed it, and very good. Many of the points he makes…
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Details of the April 5 meeting with Bill Phillips and Marlan Scully
Read more: Details of the April 5 meeting with Bill Phillips and Marlan ScullyWe are happy to sponsor a one-night, unique event with two members of the National Academy of Sciences who are committed Christians. Friday night, April 5, 2019 7:00 PM Dr. William D. Phillips “Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science” While popular culture often portrays the relationship between science and religion as one of conflict, many conventional scientists…
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Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at Biola
Read more: Schedule and Abstracts for the March 10-11 meeting at BiolaOnce again, we have a great lineup. The theme of the meeting is “Emergence, Spontaneous Pattern Formation, and the Origin of Life.” The location will be at the Calvary Chapel on the campus of Biola University in southern California. This meeting is co-sponsored by Biola University and the Southern California Science and Culture Network. To…