http://biologos.org/resources/find/Essay/any/Biblical Interpretation,Brain_ Mind & Soul,Ancient Cultures/sort-by-Newest?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This is a custom feed of BioLogos resources. Make a new feed at http://biologos.org/resources/find en Copyright 2013 2013-06-18T19:01:39-08:00 http://biologos.org/essays/evangelicals-creation-and-scripture-an-overview?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evangelicals-creation-and-scripture-an-overview?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Mark Noll, historian and author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, enumerates 15 attitudes, assumptions, and convictions he considers to be most influential in inciting anti-intellectual sentiment among evangelical Christians. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, enumerates 15 attitudes, assumptions, and convictions he considers to be most influential in inciting anti-intellectual sentiment among evangelical Christians.]]> Mon, 02 May 11 18:50:53 -0700 Mark Noll http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evolutionary-creation-a-christian-approach-to-evolution?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Professor Denis Lamoureux presents the theory of evolutionary creation, which claims that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit created the universe and life through an ordained, sustained, and design-reflecting evolutionary process. The view of origins, says Lamoureux, fully embraces both the religious beliefs of biblical Christianity and the scientific theories of cosmological, geological, and biological evolution. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:35:05 -0700 Denis Lamoureux http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/the-biblical-creation-in-its-ancient-near-eastern-context?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication "As a Christian and a biblical scholar, I care both about Scripture as truth and about the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the composition of the Hebrew Scriptures. And so, when I was asked to speak on the story of creation in Genesis 1, I welcomed the opportunity to give my thoughts on the interaction between this text and its ancient Near Eastern context." Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:33:35 -0700 Joseph Lam http://biologos.org/essays/science-and-the-question-of-god?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/science-and-the-question-of-god?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Can science provide substantive insight into the question of God’s existence? Isaac's paper examines three schools of thought regarding the possibility of detecting God’s existence through science: Evolutionism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design. Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:15:17 -0700 Randy Isaac http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/mesopotamian-cosmic-geography-in-the-bible?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Brian Godawa looks at several aspects of ancient cosmography (descriptions of the universe) that also appear in the Bible, and what these aspects of the text mean for our understanding of Scripture. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:55:57 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/biblical-creation-and-storytelling-cosmogony-combat-and-covenant?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication The literary conventions employed in Genesis chapter 1 mark it out, not as a scientific document describing material origins, but as a theological polemic against surrounding ancient Near Eastern pagan religions. Creation language here and elsewhere in Scripture is not about establishing scientific origins of material substance and structure but about covenantal establishment and worldview. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:53:38 -0700 Brian Godawa http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-agnostic-scientist?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/concerns-of-the-typical-agnostic-scientist?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Falk's paper asks evangelical Christians to explore whether they are propping up a bubble that they, not God, have created, thereby isolating themselves from the world of academics. The essay describes five layers that may play a role in unnecessarily blocking entry, or reentry, of agnostic scientists into the realm of evangelicalism. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:17:59 -0700 Darrel Falk