by Mark A. Noll
This article specifies fifteen attitudes, assumptions, and convictions from the long history of western interaction between Christianity and science that continue to shape the perceptions of American conservative Protestants to this day. It finds three of them arising in the Middle Ages and early modern period, five from early United States history, five . . . → Read More: Evangelicals, Creation, and Scripture: Legacies from a Long History
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by Christopher M. Rios Over the course of the twentieth century the concept of complementarity earned considerable support among evangelical scientists. Leading figures in both the USA and Britain argued that science and theology offered distinct perspectives of the natural world that were reconcilable, if recognized as complementary descriptions rather than mutually exclusive claims. Though not without . . . → Read More: Claiming Complementarity: Twentieth-Century Evangelical Applications of an Idea by Owen Gingerich Kepler is famous for his three laws of planetary motion, but he never assigned a special status to them or called them laws. More than a century and a half passed before they were singled out and ordered in a group of three. Nevertheless, he believed in an underlying, God-given rationale to the universe, . . . → Read More: Kepler and the Laws of Nature by Michael L. Peterson This article is a comprehensive study of the views of Christian author and apologist C. S. Lewis on the theory of evolution and the argument from intelligent design. It explains how he would distinguish expressly philosophical arguments for a Transcendent Mind from the current claims of the intelligent design (ID) movement to provide . . . → Read More: C. S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design  One comment - (Comments are closed)  History of science, Peterson  12-10, 62.4, History of Science, Peterson by John J. Compton Perhaps one never knows one’s parents, really knows them. You never know their early lives and, as a kid, you are living inside your own skin, not theirs. Growing up in Chicago, I never knew my dad was famous. He was just a firm, affectionate, if too busy father figure, who loved music . . . → Read More: Arthur Holly Compton: The Adventures of a Citizen Scientist by Michael N. Keas JH: If we were to take Compton and place him in the early 21st Century faith-science discussion, where would he fit? Would he have something to say today? TD: Great questions. I’d like to think more about them, but my quick answer to the second question is yes—someone with his intense interest in . . . → Read More: Prophet of Science: Arthur Holly Compton, June – Dec 2009; Contemporary 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of science 12-09, 6-09, 61.2, 61.3, 61.4, 9-09, Author Interviews, Compton, History of Science JH: Having cast Compton as a theological liberal, are you aware of any American conservative physicists of the time who contributed to the big questions? TD: I can’t think of any at the moment, although this might mean only that I haven’t done enough work yet on that period to know who the others were. . . . → Read More: Prophet of Science: Arthur Holly Compton, June – Dec 2009; Peers 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of science 12-09, 6-09, 61.2, 61.3, 61.4, 9-09, Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of Science JH: Numerous British physicists were discussing the same philosophical questions as Compton and his peers, yet I get the impression that the influence ran more from east to west than from Americans to their British cousins. (See Peter Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain, 101-121.) Is this true? TD: . . . → Read More: Prophet of Science: Arthur Holly Compton, June – Dec 2009; British/American Comments are closed Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of science 12-09, 6-09, 61.2, 61.3, 61.4, 9-09, Author Interviews, Davis, History of Science JH: Ted, with your background in physics it is easy to see why Arthur Compton would attract your historical attention. Were there other factors that drew you to study this important American scientist? TD: Quite right, Jack, I studied physics as an undergraduate. I also did a year of graduate work before I . . . → Read More: Prophet of Science: Arthur Holly Compton, June – Dec 2009;Motivation 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of science 12-09, 6-09, 61.2, 61.3, 61.4, 9-09, Author Interviews, Compton, Davis, History of Science |
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