Andy Walsh
Author
Andy Walsh is the Chief Science Officer at Health Monitoring Systems where he develops statistical methods for public health surveillance. He has a PhD in molecular microbiology and immunology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He covers science and faith every Wednesday on InterVarsity’s Emerging Scholars blog.
4 Helpful Metaphors for Evolution
Evolutionary theory can be hard to wrap the mind around. But there are some metaphors that can go a long way toward helping us grasp this complex subject.
4 Unhelpful Metaphors for Evolution
Bad metaphors are like using the wrong tool: You feel like you're doing work, but nothing is getting accomplished.
A Parabolic Approach to Evolution
Science primarily appears in the Bible as the object of metaphors, helping us know God through what we can see and touch. Yet we currently present science as a set of propositions to affirm.
How Cells Help Us Understand the Church
The following is an excerpt from Faith Across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science, available now from Hendrickson Publishers.
4 Helpful Metaphors for Evolution
Evolutionary theory can be hard to wrap the mind around. But there are some metaphors that can go a long way toward helping us grasp this complex subject.
4 Unhelpful Metaphors for Evolution
Bad metaphors are like using the wrong tool: You feel like you're doing work, but nothing is getting accomplished.
A Parabolic Approach to Evolution
Science primarily appears in the Bible as the object of metaphors, helping us know God through what we can see and touch. Yet we currently present science as a set of propositions to affirm.
How Cells Help Us Understand the Church
The following is an excerpt from Faith Across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science, available now from Hendrickson Publishers.
4 Helpful Metaphors for Evolution
Evolutionary theory can be hard to wrap the mind around. But there are some metaphors that can go a long way toward helping us grasp this complex subject.
4 Unhelpful Metaphors for Evolution
Bad metaphors are like using the wrong tool: You feel like you're doing work, but nothing is getting accomplished.
A Parabolic Approach to Evolution
Science primarily appears in the Bible as the object of metaphors, helping us know God through what we can see and touch. Yet we currently present science as a set of propositions to affirm.