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2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements

  • Alexander, Denis & Robert S. White. Beyond Belief: Science, Faith, and Ethical Challenges. Oxford: Lion, 2004; Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006.
  • Alexander, Denis. Rebuilding the Matrix: Science and Faith in the 21st Century. Oxford: Lion, 2001.
  • Birkett, Kirsten.  Unnatural Enemies: An Introduction to Science and Christianity. Sydney, Australia: St. Matthias Press, 1997.
  • Brush, Nigel. The Limitations of Scientific Truth. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2005.
  • Chappell, Dorothy F. & E. David Cook. Not Just Science: Questions Where Christian Faith and Natural Science Intersect. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005.
  • Colling, Richard G. Random Designer: Created from Chaos to Connect with the Creator. Bourbonnias, IL: Browning Press, 2004.
  • Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Free Press, 2006.
  • Davis, Jimmy H. & Harry L. Poe. Chance or Dance: An Evaluation of Design. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
  • Davis, John Jefferson. The Frontiers of Science and Faith: Examining Question from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.
  • Duce, Philip. Reading the Mind of God. Nottingham: Apollos, 1998.
  • Falk, Darrel R. Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
  • Finlay, Graeme & Brian Edgar, eds. A Seamless Web: Science and Faith. Auckland, N.Z. TELOS Books, 2004.
  • Giberson, Karl W. & Francis S. Collins. The Language of Science and Faith. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2011.
  • Giberson, Karl W. The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World. Downer’s Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2012.
  • Giberson, Karl. Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and Believe in Evolution. San Francisco, CA: HarperOne, 2008.
  • Giberson, Karl. Worlds Apart: the Unholy War Between Religion and Science. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, 1993.
  • Glover, Gordon J. Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation. Chesapeake, VA Watertree Press, 2007.
  • Holder, Rodney D. God, the Multiverse, and Everything. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004.
  • Holder, Rodney D. Nothing But Atoms and Molecules? Probing the Limits of Science. Turnbridge Wells: Monarch, 1993.
  • Lucas, Ernest. Can We Believe Genesis Today? The Bible and Questions of Science. Revised edition. Leicester: InterVarsity, 2001.
  • MacKay, Donald MacCrimmon. Science and the Quest for Meaning. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1982.
  • Marston, Paul & Roger Forster. Reason, Science and Faith. Crowborough: Monarch Books, 1999.
  • Morris, Tim & Don Petcher. Science and Grace: God’s Reign in the Natural Sciences. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006.
  • Nield, Donald A. & Graeme Finlay. God Created the Heavens and the Earth: Science from a Christian Perspective. Auckland, N.Z. TELOS Books, 2004.
  • Poe, Harry L. & Jimmy H. Davis. Science and Faith: An Evangelical Dialogue. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2000.
  • Rana, Fazale & Hugh Ross. Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2004.
  • Ross, Hugh. Beyond the Cosmos: what Recent Discoveries in Astronomy and Physics Reveal About the Nature of God. Revised edition. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1999.
  • Ross, Hugh. Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God. Revised edition. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1995.
  • Schaefer, Henry F. Science and Christianity: Conflict or Coherence. Watkinsville, GA: Apollos Trust, 2003.
  • Smith, James K. A. & Amos Yong, eds. Science and the Spirit: a Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010.
  • Weaver, John. In the Beginning God. Oxford: Regents’ Park College, 1994.
  • Whorton, Mark S. Peril in Paradise: Theology, Science, and the Age of the Earth. Waynesboro, GA: Authentic Media, 2005.
  • Wilcox, David L. God and Evolution: A Faith-Based Understanding. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2004.
  • Wilkinson, David and Robert Frost. Thinking Clearly About God and Science. Crowborough: Monarch, 1996.
  • Wright, John K. Designer Universe: Is Christianity Compatible with Modern Science? Crowborough: Monarch, 1994.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography

  I. Historical and Social Background of Contemporary Western Science
  II. Reflections on the Nature of Modern Science
     A. Expositions of Modern Scientific Method
     B. Introductions to the Philosophy of Science
     C. Debates over the Social Dimensions of Modern Science
  III. Popular Expositions of Contemporary Natural Science
     A. General and Survey Treatments
     B. Mathematics
     C. Particle Physics
     D. Chemistry
     E. Chaos & Complexity Theory
     F. Cosmology and Astrophysics
     G. Geology and Natural History
     H. Evolutionary Molecular Biology
     I. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology
     J. Neuroscience
     K. Environmental Science/Ecology
  IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West
  V. Contemporary Engagement of the Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
     A. Typological Surveys of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     B. Introductions to Current Science/Theology Engagement
     C. Survey Essay Collections of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     D. Important Journals for the Current Science/Theology Engagement
     E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists
     F. Representative Recent Engagements of Natural Science by Christian Theologians
        1. Broad Western Christian Engagements
        2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements
        3. Eastern Orthodox  Engagements
        4. Consciously Revisionist Christian Engagements
           a. Moving toward a fully “Naturalist” Theology
           b. Moving toward a Universal “Mystical” Theology
     G. Select Topics in Current Natural Science / Christian Theology Dialogue
        1. The Status of Theology as a “Science”
        2. Mathematical Order of the Universe and the Divine
        3. Contemporary Physics and Divine Action / Providence
        4. Contemporary Evolutionary Biology and Divine Action / Providence
        5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
        6. The Creation/Evolution Controversy
           a. Detailed Bibliographies of the Controversy
           b. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the Controversy
           c. Contemporary Anti-supernaturalist Darwinists
           d. Recent Critiques of Naturalistic Darwinism (esp. “Intelligent Design”)
           e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism
           f. Surveys of the Diversity in “Creationist” Views
           g. Representative Young-Earth Creationist Advocates
           h. Representative Progressive Creationists
           i. Representative Fully Gifted Creationists (or Theistic Evolutionists)
           j. Additional Exegetical and Theological Perspectives
        7. Cosmology and Eschatology
        8. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature
        9. Genetic Impact on Behavior and Human Responsibility
        10. Neuroscience and the Human Soul / Human Responsibility
     H. Engagement of Ethical Dimensions of Modern Science/Technology
       1. Survey Treatments
       2. Nuclear Energy and Weapons
       3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
       4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2002)