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Robert C. Bishop


Robert C. Bishop is the John and Madeline McIntyre Endowed Professor of Philosophy and History of Science and an associate professor of physics and philosophy at Wheaton College in Illinois. He received his master’s degree in physics and doctorate in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. Bishop’s research involves history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics. Bishop is the author of The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2007), co-editor of Between Chance and Choice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Determinism (Imprint Academic, 2007), and co-author of Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins: Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective (IVP Academic, 2018).

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  • Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution
    ArticleAdvanced
    • By Robert C. Bishop 
    • and Bruce A. Little 

    Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution

    Bruce A. Little agues that essentialism should guide our understanding of human identity. In response, Robert Bishop shares the benefits of a trinitarian and Imago dei approach to human identity.

  • Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”
    ArticleAdvanced
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”

    Coyne’s book is helpful for addressing the distorting myths characteristic of Christian discussions of evolution, but his approach to science and faith is problematic.

  • Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science
    Article
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science

    Robert C. Bishop argues that the view that God created the universe in six days does not do the Doctrine of Creation justice and unnecessarily hinders the dialogue between evolution and Christianity.

  • Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
    Book
    • By Robert C. Bishop, 
    • Larry Funck, 
    • Raymond J. Lewis, 
    • Stephen O. Moshier 
    • and John Walton 

    Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

    This beautiful textbook by five Wheaton College professors explores mainstream scientific theories of origins in astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, geology, biology, physical anthropology, and genetics, giving a detailed picture of the sciences of origins along with how they fit into the story of God's creative and redemptive action.

  • Personal Story
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    An Evolutionary Journey

    A professor's account of discovering that much of the young-earth creationist literature he read in his youth included quotes by scientists used in highly misleading ways.

  • Reviewing “Darwin’s Doubt”: Robert Bishop
    ArticleAdvanced
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Reviewing “Darwin’s Doubt”: Robert Bishop

    Many biologists are pursuing an extended synthesis, involving population genetics, developmental biology, and more, yet Meyer presents their work as offering an alternative to neo-Darwinian evolution.

  • Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution
    ArticleAdvanced
    • By Robert C. Bishop 
    • and Bruce A. Little 

    Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution

    Bruce A. Little agues that essentialism should guide our understanding of human identity. In response, Robert Bishop shares the benefits of a trinitarian and Imago dei approach to human identity.

  • Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”
    ArticleAdvanced
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”

    Coyne’s book is helpful for addressing the distorting myths characteristic of Christian discussions of evolution, but his approach to science and faith is problematic.

  • Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science
    Article
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science

    Robert C. Bishop argues that the view that God created the universe in six days does not do the Doctrine of Creation justice and unnecessarily hinders the dialogue between evolution and Christianity.

  • Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
    Book
    • By Robert C. Bishop, 
    • Larry Funck, 
    • Raymond J. Lewis, 
    • Stephen O. Moshier 
    • and John Walton 

    Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins

    This beautiful textbook by five Wheaton College professors explores mainstream scientific theories of origins in astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, geology, biology, physical anthropology, and genetics, giving a detailed picture of the sciences of origins along with how they fit into the story of God's creative and redemptive action.

  • Personal Story
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    An Evolutionary Journey

    A professor's account of discovering that much of the young-earth creationist literature he read in his youth included quotes by scientists used in highly misleading ways.

  • Reviewing “Darwin’s Doubt”: Robert Bishop
    ArticleAdvanced
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Reviewing “Darwin’s Doubt”: Robert Bishop

    Many biologists are pursuing an extended synthesis, involving population genetics, developmental biology, and more, yet Meyer presents their work as offering an alternative to neo-Darwinian evolution.

  • Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution
    ArticleAdvanced
    • By Robert C. Bishop 
    • and Bruce A. Little 

    Southern Baptist Voices: Essentialism and Evolution

    Bruce A. Little agues that essentialism should guide our understanding of human identity. In response, Robert Bishop shares the benefits of a trinitarian and Imago dei approach to human identity.

  • Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”
    ArticleAdvanced
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Evolution, Myths and Reconciliation: A Review of “Why Evolution is True”

    Coyne’s book is helpful for addressing the distorting myths characteristic of Christian discussions of evolution, but his approach to science and faith is problematic.

  • Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science
    Article
    By Robert C. Bishop 

    Recovering the Doctrine of Creation: A Theological View of Science

    Robert C. Bishop argues that the view that God created the universe in six days does not do the Doctrine of Creation justice and unnecessarily hinders the dialogue between evolution and Christianity.

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