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Engaging Today's Militant Atheist Arguments

Engaging Today's Militant Atheist Arguments

In this paper, MIT professor Ian Hutchinson addresses the question of how to engage arguments put forward by the New Atheists. In doing so, he offers a critique of scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is.
Apr 25, 2011 
Ian Hutchinson 
Science & Worldviews, Atheism & Scientism
Adventist Origins of Young Earth Creationism

Adventist Origins of Young Earth Creationism

Many evangelicals believe that Young Earth Creationism is the only authentic, biblical way for Christians to understand origins, and that until the advent of Darwin's theory of evolution, it was the only view held by Christians. However, in this excerpt from Saving Darwin, Karl Giberson explains that Young Earth Creationism's origins are surprisingly recent.
Apr 25, 2011 
Karl Giberson 
Christianity & Science - Then and Now, Young Earth Creationism, The Flood

"Come and See": A Christological Invitation for Science

This chapter from Mark Noll's book Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind seeks to understand science through a Christ-centered lens. Overall, if one accepts that nature is created and sustained by Jesus Christ, the author explains, then one must conclude that looking at nature is, in fact, the best way to learn about nature.
Oct 19, 2011 
Mark Noll 
Christianity & Science - Then and Now
Accommodationist and Proud of It

Accommodationist and Proud of It

Science and religion scholar Michael Ruse gives a personal account of his experiences as an author and public speaker on the compatibility of Christianity and biological evolution.
May 02, 2011 
Michael Ruse 
Science & Worldviews, Atheism & Scientism
Evangelicals, Creation, and Scripture: An Overview

Evangelicals, Creation, and Scripture: An Overview

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.
May 02, 2011 
Mark Noll 
Biblical Interpretation, Young Earth Creationism
Science, Religion, and A. D. White: Seeking Peace in the 'Warfare Between Science and Theology'

Science, Religion, and A. D. White: Seeking Peace in the 'Warfare Between Science and Theology'

Mark Noll, historian and author of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, describes how Andrew Dickson White relentlessly advocated a view of history in which Science and Dogmatic Theology have always been at war with one another. Noll identifies 16 reasons why White’s notion of warfare is mistaken.
May 02, 2011 
Mark Noll 
Christianity & Science - Then and Now
Science and the Question of God

Science and the Question of God

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.
Apr 25, 2011 
Randy Isaac 
Biblical Interpretation, Young Earth Creationism, ID Movement
Scientific Fundamentalism and its Cultural Impact

Scientific Fundamentalism and its Cultural Impact

Giberson's essay makes the case that scientific fundamentalists are not merely arguing for the supremacy of science but also presenting science as a quasi-religious replacement. The agenda of the "New Atheists" is not merely to refute mainstream religion but to replace it. Unfortunately, the scientific community is poorly represented by these aggressive public figures.
Apr 25, 2011 
Karl Giberson 
Science & Worldviews, Atheism & Scientism
Concerns of the Typical Agnostic Scientist

Concerns of the Typical Agnostic Scientist

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.
Apr 25, 2011 
Darrel Falk 
Biblical Interpretation
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