Daniel_Cheung
01-05-2009, 03:08 PM
The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words
By Nancy Frankenberry
Princeton University Press, August 2008
542 pp., $21.99
God's Other Good Book
'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.'
'God Never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' Francis Bacon
I have often wondered what Christianity would look like if Jesus had appeared after the Scientific Revolution. Would our awareness of the vast cosmos and the likelihood of other life forms have altered the emphasis on the universal character of the Incarnation? How would our understanding of nature's order and rationality have informed the doctrine of Creation and God's revelation in nature? Would we be so inclined to say that "all Creation is fallen" if we knew that Creation included planets orbiting stars a billion light years away that are perhaps populated by creatures cavorting in blissful ignorance of Eden's shenanigans? How would knowledge of our kinship with the rest of the animal world, especially our primate cousins, reshape our understanding of humanity and our role in Creation?...
By Nancy Frankenberry
Princeton University Press, August 2008
542 pp., $21.99
God's Other Good Book
'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.'
'God Never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' Francis Bacon
I have often wondered what Christianity would look like if Jesus had appeared after the Scientific Revolution. Would our awareness of the vast cosmos and the likelihood of other life forms have altered the emphasis on the universal character of the Incarnation? How would our understanding of nature's order and rationality have informed the doctrine of Creation and God's revelation in nature? Would we be so inclined to say that "all Creation is fallen" if we knew that Creation included planets orbiting stars a billion light years away that are perhaps populated by creatures cavorting in blissful ignorance of Eden's shenanigans? How would knowledge of our kinship with the rest of the animal world, especially our primate cousins, reshape our understanding of humanity and our role in Creation?...