Language of God
Posted by tom | Jan 17, 2007Christianity Today just posted an Interview with Francis Collins which includes the opportunity for feedback on The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (thanks for the link Miller). Looking forward to joining the CMU Faculty Book Discussion Group next Tuesday as they consider Chapter 7 and encouraging their participation in Ted Davis' (Historian of Science from Messiah College) visit to Pittsburgh February 21-22. If you're in the area please join us for his presentations on ID on Trial and Protestant Modernism, the “Warfare” of Science and Religion, and the “Religion of Science"
Here's a quote from the Christianity Today Interview with Francis Collins:
If evolution and the Christian faith go together, then what's all the fuss about? One of the main reasons I wrote The Language of God was to try to put forward a comfortable synthesis of what science teaches us about the natural world and what faith teaches us about God. Yet it seems to be a pretty well kept secret these days that the scientific approach and the spiritual approach are compatible. I think we've allowed for too long extreme voices to dominate the stage in a way that has led many people to assume that's all there is. The thesis of my book is that there is no need for this battle. In fact, it's a destructive battle. And we as a society would be well served to recover that happy middle ground where people have been for most of human history.
Also see
First Things Review The Form of Speaking by Stephen M. Barr, a theoretical particle physicist at the Bartol Research Institute of the University of Delaware and author of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
Notes from Terry Nichols' presentation on the Challenge of Naturalism
Notes from Justin Barrett's presentation on Why Would Anyone Believe In God

