Joseph Carson works for the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. In March 1994, a fire broke out at a DOE-operated nuclear reactor at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY which, according to Joe, has some disturbing parallels to the fire at Chernobyl. Fortunately, though, the radiation release was minor and the firefighters received only minor radiation doses. Joe was on the DOE Type B Investigation Board, called to investigate the event, document it, and recommend preventative actions against similar events within the DOE. (The Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulates commercial nuclear power plants but not DOE facilities.)

According to Carson, the Board failed to reveal that the fire was a direct result of violations of multiple DOE orders and many Brookhaven procedures, thereby exceeding the technical specification of the reactor. The cover-up itself violated DOE orders for conducting such investigations, compounding the significance of the original event. The Board released its report two months after the fire.

Since then, Joe has been trying to get his allegations of the cover-up properly evaluated. His efforts to work within the DOE, he believes, have proven futile since the investigator of his allegations said they were not going to be either substantiated or disproved in his report.

As a next step, Joe has given a local Long Island newspaper reporter documentation supporting his claims, and expects a story after the reporter's investigation. Why is he doing this? As Joe puts it: "I believe my duty as an honest federal employee, a professional engineer and a Christian are quite clear. I cannot `look the other way' when a DOE-owned reactor [facility] covers up violations of safety procedures. I think it poses a significant risk to public safety on Long Island."

Joe further states that the DOE "has a horrible record for retaliating against its whistleblowers" and for Joe, with three small children, the consequences could be ponderous. But he has thought and prayed about this situation over the past year and has acted from faith in a living God and a desire to be his instrument here on earth. He expects his story to also generate interest in New York City and other areas of the country near DOE facilities. Joe hopes such publicity will serve to appropriately advance the gospel and the purpose of one of his current Christian involvements, Promise Keepers.

Joe's involvement in nuclear energy includes six years on nuclear submarines and seven years in commercial nuclear power before joining the DOE in 1990. Joe Carson

A four-day forum called Veritas attracted over 5,200 people at the U. of Florida in February. Widely advertised across campus, the forum raised issues about Christ and Christianity, and set a tone of talk about God on campus for the entire week. Its speakers included Walter Bradley and Hugh Ross, both of whom have been busy speaking to college groups about science and Christianity. Other speakers were Paul Vitz, a New York U. psychologist and Alvin Plantinga, prof. of philosophy at Notre Dame. The organization of the event was led by Mike Sogius of Campus Crusade's Christian Leadership Ministries. (See story in CLM's Campus Alert, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 5.) Planning took a year and involved publicity (banners, posters, flyers, door-hangers, newspaper ads, and bulletins), community relations, follow-up, student involvement, physical arrangements, and prayer. Perhaps such events provide a template for ASA local sections to take note of or even emulate, especially sections with an academic orientation.

Degradation of life on campus is bringing those with a commitment to Christianity into increased conflict with its detractors-and at the same time is affording greater opportunity to take a proactive stance for Christ. At Cornell U., Professor James Aist, a Christian plant pathologist, posted a flyer on bulletin boards entitled, "Help for Homosexuals." His flyer advertised that "homosexuals can change and help is available" in an information packet, obtained on request. Campus homosexuals were upset, staged a Plant Sciences Building sit-in, and declared the posters a form of sexual harassment. Department chairman William Fry stated that Aist was speaking as an individual and not for the department in which "there are a lot of supporters of gays and lesbians." University officials caved in to protesters' demands that the ag school "begin a formal investigation in accordance with college policies on sexual harassment." (CLM Campus Alert, op cit, p. 7) According to CLM's national director, Stan Oakes, when CLM pointed out to Cornell's administration a particular instance of harassment of a Christian on campus, they at first denied the event. When supplied irrefutable evidence, they dismissed it as isolated. CLM is now documenting these events and the fact that they are part of a trend which dominates the school. Oakes laments that too many administrators and faculty "simply don't care what is taking place on their campus," including many Christians who seem to be adverse to standing up to evil. CLM is located at: 100 Sunport Lane, Orlando, FL 32809-7875.

Meanwhile, Tom Woodward of the C.S. Lewis Fellowship, "a university-level forum for the exchange of ideas," (2430 Trinity Oaks Blvd., New Port Richey, FL 34655; (813) 736-4662) reports that the editing of raw video footage of the Princeton Christian Faculty Video project is going well. The video, formatted as two cassettes to be available for mailing in September (tentatively for $29.95), includes an articulate and spirited interview with Princeton geologist John Suppe on being a young Christian in academia. Also, a panel interview "of good interaction" includes Robert Kaita and two other Christians at Princeton. With so much good material, Tom was asking in April for prayer that "we will know what to cut and what to include."

By the way, the MAR/APR `95 ASAN reported (p.4) that Bob Kaita became a Christian at Princeton and started the C.S. Lewis Fellowship, but it was actually Tom Woodward who was saved there in 1969, graduated in 1972, and started the CSLF in 1988. The CSLF is also carrying Kregel Publishing Company's Spanish language edition of Phillip Johnson's Darwin on Trial (Proceso A Darwin). It is $8 plus P&H with volume discounts available. Call (813) 736-4662 to order. Tom will launch a debut of the book with a lecture in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, in mid-August.

Further north, in Pennsylvania, travelling college speaker Jim Sire observed the unusually great hostility to Christianity on the Pennsylvania State U., Behrends Campus east of Erie. Jim has a computer program based on his book, The Universe Next Door, which gives students a selection of statements about wider issues. The program then identifies their world view and the consistency with which they hold it. The purpose of the program is to encourage students to think about matters they have not consideredóand to invite them to Jim's next apologetics lecture! IVCF (Madison) is now making this program available to U.S. groups. (IVP, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515). Jim's e-mail address is: GTWR76A@prodigy.com

Jim has also been researching postmodernism and its effect on the university ethos. IVP's "Academic Alert" book bulletin for professors featured an interview with Jim in its Summer 1994 (vol. 3, no.3) issue, showing a goateed and sideburned "young Jim" playing a guitar, and a present-day, bearded, suit-and-tie Jim. At the end of IVP's interview, a Mary Chambers cartoon entitled "Top three millenially correct cereals" shows an ad with three eaters, each of "Post Toasties," "Pre Toasties" and "A Toasties."

InterVarsity is not only a "Press" but a Christian Fellowship, and Terry Morrison directs its faculty ministries. His office now has available The Faculty Handbook, describing experiences of various Christian faculty. It sells for $5 plus postage from: IVCF Faculty Ministries, P.O. Box 7895, Madison, WI 53707-7895. Also, the "Models of Ministry" ($1.00) contains "how we did it" stories from faculty. Thirdly, A Campus Portrait by Robert Fryling, Dir. of Campus Ministries of IVCF, is a research profile of today's university student, which might be helpful to ASAers in thinking about our approach to students.

Outside the ASA, Craig Rogers, a student at Cal. State U., Sacramento, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school after getting no response from it or the California Board of Control, which hears complaints against the state. After consulting with his pastor and others at Sacramento First Church (Nazarene), he filed suit, accusing lesbian professor Joanne Marrow of giving a graphic lecture in Psychology 100, showing slides of female genitalia and telling sexually explicit anecdotes and jokes. Marrow's lawyer accused Rogers of being "on a religious crusade." Rogers' attorney said the lecture violated regulations that ban persistent displays of sexually explicit pictures.

On the federal scene, the National Standards for United States History is, according to Family Research Council's Gary Bauer, an attempt by Washington to establish "official knowledge" through the Dept. of Education's Goals 2000, which is developing national education standards. As for history of science and technology, it leaves out Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Jonas Salk and the Wright brothers but includes pop figures, Madonna and the Simpsons. The FRC has, in response, published an alternative history text, Let Freedom Ring: A Basic Outline of American History, available from the FRC by calling (800) 225-4008. These issues were reported in the "National & International Religion Report," a bi-weekly news briefing (March 20, 1995, vol.9, no.7), published by Religion Today, Inc. Subscriber rate is $49/yr (26 issues). Address: P.O. Box 21506, Roanoke, VA 24018-0560; tel. (703) 989-7500; fax. (703) 989-0189; e-mail: 71736,702@compuserve.com

Oscar Gruenwald's effort to be a positive moral influence on professional organizations to which he belongs (MAY/JUN 1994 ASAN, p. 4) is accompanied by Charles Socarides, president of the National Assoc. for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. The board of trustees of the American Psychiatric Association endorsed a proposal in late 1993 disapproving reparative therapyótreatment based on "a psychiatrist's intent to change a person's sexual orientation." The APA's Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues did not want psychiatrists counseling homosexuals to change their sexual orientation to heterosexual. The resolution was tabled when it met vigorous opposition before being brought to a convention vote.

Socarides cited the result as a rare but major victory, in preventing the effective outlawing of treatment of homosexuals who want to change. As reported in Christianity Today (July 18, 1994, p. 55), Socarides noted that "the APA's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders was attributable more to `the work of sociopolitical activists than to science.'" Homosexuality is still widely regarded among psychiatrists as a developmental disorder and he predicts that the issue will return in the future.

Other professionalsóanthropologists and Christian missionariesóhave not gotten along well in recent history. However, tensions may be easing due to a recent discussion between them. At the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) in Atlanta late last year, both groups were criticized for their possessiveness toward peoples among whom they work. Anthropologists have accused missionaries, especially American Protestants, of cultural imperialism and ethnocentrism, for labeling native cultures as "demonic," for living well off funds from wealthy churches and for attempting to get people "saved." (See Christianity Today, Jan. 9, 1995, p. 53.) Missionaries view anthropologists as "amoral agnostics who take pride in being shocked by nothing and who think that native people should be left pristine in a sort of human zoo to serve the purposes of scientific research." The two groups did share human-rights concerns for native peoples and discussed their long-standing differences with civilityóa sign of real progress.

Behind this event was the friendship between Leslie Sponsel of AAA's Commission on Human Rights and Thomas Headland of the Summer Institute of Linguistics and Wycliffe Bible Translators. Also recently, New Tribes missionaries among the Yuqui in Bolivia went to anthropologists for support when an outside development project threatened the tribe. U. of Central Florida anthropologist Allyn Stearman, who had been critical toward the New Tribes mission, said that "If the New Tribes people had not intervened, the Yuqui would have been overwhelmed."

Elinor Abbott's report also noted that missionaries recognize the need and are seeking more training in anthropology, and there is also a new willingness among secular anthropologists "to commit themselves to a higher purpose, even if it means being responsible for cultural change." Anthropologists thereby share in an understanding held by missionaries of what it means to have a mission.

Religion Watch (March 1995) reported coverage of the meeting in an Associated Press article by David Briggs, published in the Sacramento Bee (Feb. 4). Briggs adds that what has helped the current effort to bring the two groups back together is a "more self-critical approach adopted by both." According to Iona College anthropologist Frank Salamone, missionaries have provided anthropologists with medical care, shelter and contact with native people. They have also become aware of the problems in imposing Western culture on foreign groups. Other cooperative efforts between the two professions are among the Yanomami in Brazil and Venezuela, who are facing threats posed by mining interests to the rain forest areas they inhabit.

Mark Kalthoff, asst. prof. of history at Hillsdale C. is writing a history of the ASA. The first major ASA effort, in the 1940s, was to produce the book Modern Science and Christian Faith (Wheaton: Van Kampen press, 1948). According to Mark, it was intended as a Christian student's handbook, for high-school and college students likely to encounter challenges to their faith in the science classroom. Mark has been researching the book, trying to track down its use, readership and influence. Jack Haas suggested to Mark that he post the question to ASAers: how many students of the `40s through `60s read the book or were acquainted with it. Mark has only sketchy information and would like to know:

1. Did you know of or read the book?

2. If so, what year and in what context (school assignment, recommendation of friend or pastor, etc.)?

Please send responses, comments or recollections to Mark by telephone, (517)437-7341 ext.2485 or by e-mail:

@E-MAIL = mark.kalthoff@ac.hillsdale.edu

• @BULLET = Charles Thaxton and Nancy Pearcey have written The Soul of Science: A Christian Map to the Scientific Landscape (Crossway Books, 298 pages, $10.99 paper). The main theme of the book is the refutation of the notion that Western science has advanced through constant warfare with a backward Church.

• @BULLET = Walter Hearn's "Science, Selves and Stories" was published in the CTNS Bulletin and won one of the 30 awards in the 1993 Templeton Foundation Humility Theology Program. More recently, John Templeton's Evidence of Purpose: Scientists Discover the Creator (Continuum) is now out, with a chapter by Walt. <F41559M>*<F255D>Walt Hearn

• @BULLET = March 8-10, Henry F. Schaefer presented the Spring 1995 Lecture Series, "Modern Science & the Christian Faith" through the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute (of Covenant Theological Seminary) at Washington U. in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the Institute is to equip Christians to understand culture and to effectively communicate the gospel message within it. Schaefer addressed the question of the relationship between science and Christianity; are they mutually exclusive or contradictory? The historical development of the relationship is discussed. Audiotapes are available from Covenant's media department: (314) 434-4044, ext. 267. <F41559M>*<F255D>Jim Skinner

• @BULLET = Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe has written The Fingerprint of God and The Creator and the Cosmos. Chemist Fritz Schaefer (see previous item) gave a talk at the U. of Colorado which made extensive and effective use of Hugh's material. Hugh says in his newsletter that he is blessed to see the "ministry multiplication" process at work. Also, in the Dec. 12, 1994 issue of Christianity Today, Hugh's article, "Cosmology's Holy Grail" (pp. 24-27) surveys how recent scientific breakthroughs are helping to reveal the creation in a new way. <F41559M>*<F255D> F. Alton Everest

Richard Bube, prof. emeritus of materials science and electrical engineering at Stanford U., has written another book (since his memoirs; see NOV/DEC 1994 ASAN, p. 5) on Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating Science and Christian Faith. Dick is a long-time ASAer and has also written The Human Quest, another sci/rel book he used in his class on the subject at Stanford. The preface of his new work reads in part:

" It is the purpose of this book to attempt to clarify the identity of these possible patterns for relating science and the Christian faith, and to provide a balanced critique of each. Such an understanding of the issues involved is essential for an effective witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior in a world dominated by the concepts and artifacts of science."

" I would like to thank all of the people with whom I have interacted on these topics over the last forty or so years, especially those involved in the American Scientific Affiliation, its publications and its meetings."

The ASA office in Ipswich has bulk-purchased copies of Dick's book in paper. You can obtain your copy directly from the ASA (tel. (508)356-5656; fax: (408)356-4375) or the publisher: University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706. Book price is $28.50 paper and $46 cloth edition plus P&H. Richard Bube can be reached at (415)723-2535; fax: (415)725-4034; e-mail: bube@leland.stanford.edu

So what are Dick and Betty doing now that Dick has "retired"? They still walk in to campus together almost every day, and on Saturdays their walk to the Cook Book for lunch (sometimes with dessert at Ultimate Yogurt) has become a tradition. Dick has been teaching his class at Union Presbyterian Church. Other than that, they've been traveling to Switzerland and repairing and remodeling the house.

The next round in our familiar ASAN coverage of creation/evolution and government schooling is in Alabama, where textbook selection guidelines for grades K-12 emphasize that evolution is only a "theory." Teaching on origins of life, including major taxonomic groups (including humans), is now allowed to be more tentative than before. Some scientists who disapprove of these changes fear that Of Pandas and People, a high-school supplementary biology textbook co-authored by Dean Kenyon of San Francisco State U., will be considered. The book tends to support intelligent design theory in favor of alternative explanations. Kenyon came to this position as one of the leading authorities on molecular evolution.

According to the National Center for Science Education's Molleen Matusmura, the issue is also alive in Louisiana, where school authorities in one parish instructed teachers to read a disclaimer to students before discussing evolution. This story was reported in the scientific press, in Science (vol. 268, 7 April 1995).

Letters to the editor of Science were forthcoming from ASAers. Mark Hartwig, who is now Managing Editor at the Foundation For Thought And Ethics (see "Biology Textbook Panda-monium," MAR/APR 1995, ASAN, p. 1), observed a creationist-behind-every-bush mentality "when every official statement is judged according to whether it `cracks open the door' for creationism." Mark noted that "it doesn't take much to send some people into utter panic." John Wiester, chairman of ASA's Commission on Science Education was also not caught napping, and sent a facsimile to Science Editor Christine Gilbert entitled "The Confusion of Evolution." John pointed out that "`evolution' can mean anything from change in the relative frequencies of alleles in the gene pool of a population to `Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned.' (George Gaylord Simpson, The Meaning of Evolution, Yale U. Press, 1967, p. 345)." John also made the observation that the article spreads fear and worry about innocuous state guidelines. His parting bit of advice was to fellow scientists: "Let's get our own act together by defining that protean word `evolution.' Then, and only then, will we be in a position to criticize those who prefer to teach evolution as theory rather than as fact." John Wiester

Calls for papers have gone out from the Christian Foundation of V. Soloviev (CFS), whose president is Sergei A. Grib. The theme of this year's conference, to be held September 22-23, in St. Petersburg, is "Christianity and Russian Religious Philosophy." And what if you don't "gevarim paruski"? Not a problem; the conference languages will be Russian, French, and English. Deadline for two or three-page abstracts is July 15. The conference is formatted according to a list of problems to be dealt with: Christian roots of Russian religious philosophy, church and state in Russian religious and philosophical tradition, main ideas of Soloviev and his heritage, and Western and Russian aspects of science and theology. Papers are welcomed on these and related themes. Send abstracts to, or for more information contact: Asst. Prof. Dr. S.A. GRIB, Academy of Sciences, Central Astronomical Observatory, Pulkovo, Saint Petersburg, 196140, RUSSIA. Telephone: 7-812-394.52.88; fax: 7-812-314.33.60; e-mail: grib@pulkovo.spb.su or nina@sovam.com

Participants are requested to pay the conference fee of $80 U.S. Papers will be published in a conference volume in Switzerland. Besides the CFS, conference organizers include the Orthodox Theological Academy of St. Petersburg, the St. Petersburg Cultural Foundation, and support from Soloviev societies in Switzerland and France.

ASAer W. Jim Neidhardt had a massive library of books on science and religionóover 7,000 volumes. They were willed to Messiah C., where Jim's long-time friends Dwight Paine, Gene Chase and Edward B. Davis teach. As Ted recounts, Jim's "deep interest in finding fruitful new ways of relating his Christian faith to the thinking patterns of modern scientists led Jim to give his collection to a Christian college: he wanted it to be used by people who shared his interest."

The books are already in use. More than 1,000 have been cataloged and have begun to circulate. Each book contains a special plate bearing Jim's visage, commissioned by friends of the library. Jim's special collection has been recognized by the Messiah C. faculty and staff who would like to ensure its continued growth by annual purchases of appropriate books, and would also like scholars, pastors and other interested persons to use the collection by providing research fellowships to facilitate its use.

Thus, they seek to establish an endowment for the collection; $60,000 would enable them to grow it at the same rate Jim bought books. To establish an annual competition for one or more fellowships would require an additional $60,000 to $120,000. Friends of Jim's may want to contribute to this goal. At the present time, any gifts will be doubled by an anonymous donor. For more information, contact Jeff Krimmel, Director of Development at Messiah C., Grantham, PA 17027; tel. (717) 766-2511; fax: (717) 691-6002. <F41559M>*<F255D> Ted Davis

In the `70s, several ASA members left the organization to create the Institute for Creation Research in order to advance a recent-creation viewpoint based on science from the Bible. Since that time, the ASA and creation-science groups have tended to drift apart, and dialogue has been minimal. But the times are changing among recent-creationists. Two new groups do not carry with them the historical memories of past partings and are open to discussion of origins with other Christians in science.

The Pittsburgh-based Creation Science Fellowship held a student science fair and mini-conference sponsored by homeschoolers in Erie, PA in April. The Editor attended, and noted that the science fair presentations showed a common pattern of attempting to derive their science from the authority of the Bible. The science was almost entirely motivated as an apologetic against secular science. The apologetics were often aimed at the same targets as our ASA book Teaching Science, but I was left to wonder whether these students had any appreciation of science apart from the culture wars.

On a more positive note, I struck up congenial conversations with several of the leaders of the CSF, whose third biennial convention, held last year, invited Phil Johnson to speak and included ASAers Jerry Bergman, Kurt Wise and Terry Green as speakers. I spoke with Steve Rodabaugh (math, Youngstown U., Ohio) and exchanged with CSF Book Coordinator Dennis Blackburn a large amount of our respective organizations' literature. The tone was one of leaving the grudges of the previous generation behind and to get on with creation science. I described the wide range of positions within the ASA and that there is an overlap of some CSF interests and beliefs with those of ASA members. The CSF publishes a monthly newsletter. Address: P.O. Box 99303, Pittsburgh, PA 15233-4303.

More recently, another Pennsylvania group has formed. Stephen C. Meyers is vice-president and treasurer of The Institute for Biblical & Scientific Studies, and plans to attend the ASA Annual Meeting this year. President Arlton C. Murray, a D.Sc. from Sussex Institute of Technology in England, was a 27-year atheist and became a Christian when friends insisted he attend a revival meeting in a little church in Maryland. Murray consequently has come to accept creation science over evolutionófrom "the age of rocks" to the "Rock of Ages," the pamphlet says. The Institute has plans for a museum of geological, biblical and church history, a newsletter and seminars at colleges and churches. Research activities include fossil and archaeological digs and family field trips. Education topics are, for Bible: archaeology, history and language; for science: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and psychology. A free newsletter or further information can be obtained by writing: 2424 East Hagert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125; tel. (215) 423-7374.

The UK Evangelical Environmental Network (UKEEN) recently formed out of a meeting at Oxford in July, 1993, in response to the establishment of the International Evangelical Environmental Network (IEEN) in the USA in 1992. The meeting was convened and chaired by R.J. (Sam) Berry, a genetics professor at University C., London. Ghillean Prance and Calvin DeWitt of the Au-Sable Institute, whose presence prompted the meeting, also attended. It was recognized that more practical action was neededónot more talk or agreement on paperóin communicating to the Church and the larger world the seriousness of the environmental crisis and the message of hope that only the gospel can give.

The IEEN was initiated by a similar meeting, the AuSable Forum, held in August 1992. The IEEN is chaired by Bishop Wayan Mastra of Bali, Indonesia, with joint secretaries Chris Sugden, resident director of the Oxford Centre of Mission Studies, and Cal DeWitt. The meeting was also attended by ASAers Arnold Fritz, Fred Van Dyke and Dave Mahan. For more details on the two organizations, contacts for UKEEN and IEEN are: Dr. R C J Carling, UKEEN, The Institute for Contemporary Christianity, St. Peter's Church, Vere Street, London, W1M 9HP, UK; tel. 0171-629-3615; e-mail:

@E-MAIL = Christian_Impact@ecunet.org

IEEN, c/o AuSable Institute, 731 State Street, Madison, WI 53703. Jack Haas

• When Fred Hoyle calculated the likelihood that carbon would have precisely the required resonance by chance, he said that his atheism was greatly shaken, adding: "A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics." Yet in a study by George Barna and the Princeton Religious Research Center, popular opinion has become increasingly skeptical toward the Bible in recent years. ("20 Questions About Religion," PPRC Emerging Trends, J. of the PRRC, June 1994, p. 4) In his new book, Show Me God, author Fred Heeren argues that the full effect of this century's scientific discoveries has not yet sunk in; life-view changes take more time than lifestyle changes. The book examines the issues through the eyes of a skeptic and Heeren has interviewed Stephen Hawking and Nobel prize-winning physicists as a springboard. The book is available at bookstores or directly from Day Star at: (800) 743-7700. It retails for $19.99 hardback. An audiotape and study guide are also available. Day Star Productions is at 326 Willie Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090.

• Ecologist and marsh dweller Calvin DeWitt has now written Earthwise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues (CRC Publications, Grand Rapids, MI; (800) 333-8300; in Canada, (800) 263-4252) Cal says: "Our purpose is to go about reclaiming creation for our Lord; for when we work to reclaim God's creation, we do so in joyful gratitude for God's great gift of salvation." The book summarizes for Christians the main environmental issues of today and includes discussion questions for six sessions. It is priced at $6.50 U.S. and $8.45 Canada.

• Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane has written Liftoff! An Astronaut's Dream, a motivational, inspirational and educational children's book about space shuttle missions. Mullane was a mission specialist on three shuttle flights (STS 27, 36 and 41D) and is now a writer and professional speaker. At the International Space Development Conference in Cleveland, OH in May, he and his wife, Donna, gave a dramatized slide presentation, "Countdown to a Dream," that powerfully conveyed a sense of the experience of a shuttle flightófor both of them. The presentation had an evident spiritual dimension to it, though the focus was on the thrill of spaceflight. Autographed soft-cover copies of Liftoff! are available from the author for $10.00 each (100 pages, illustrated). Mail-order to: R. Mike Mullane, 1301 Las Lomas Rd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106.

• Mullane has also written a shuttle-based political adventure novel, Red Sky. It too conveys an in-depth realism about life in space and the character of some of its inhabitants. Consequently, he does not recommend it for children due to some of its "graphic" content.

• Baker House also has published Positive Neutrality by Stephen V. Monsma, with forward by Michael Novak. Monsma holds that religion and the "comprehensive administrative state" are on a collision course because religion remains the most vital, significant force in society. The book argues that government has lost its ability to relate to people who are religious and contains a well-documented study of the philosophical history of church-state relations. Monsma is a former Michigan legislator and teaches political science at Pepperdine U. This paper edition is priced at $15.99 and has 302 pages. Order tel.: (800) 877-2665; 24-hour fax: (800) 398-3111.

• Also by Baker House is James Moore's book, The Darwin Legend, with forward by Mark Noll. Moore traces a peculiar but enduring legendóthe deathbed conversion of Charles Darwin. Moore concludes that "The historical Darwin is no one's monopoly." Moore is lecturer in the history of science and technology at The Open U. in the UK. He has also written History, Humanity and Evolution. The book is priced at $11.99 in paperback and has 208 pages. (See above squib for ordering.)

• Engineers, like scientists, are used to making predictions in their work based on physical data and scientifically established principles. But sometimes, the urge to predict retreats toward determined irrelevance. Religion Watch (Dec 1994, p. 4) reported on a tenuous activity by engineers of predicting the end of the worldóor the millennium, to be precise. Radio commentator Harold Camping, a civil engineer by training, started the latest round, predicting that the end would come in September, 1994. No wild-eyed visionary, he plotted his arguments with methodical, detailed numerology.

• These musings, however, proved vaporous, but another number-cruncher, Robert Collender of Glendale, CA, has composed a 791-page work, "The Prophetic Compendium." It includes a 52-page key to prophetic texts in the Bible and claims to have identified the date of the end of the world, according to the Millennial Prophecy Report (October), edited by Ted Daniels. Daniels adds that "at least in recent times, a disproportionately high number of prophets have been engineers." While he cannot account for this development, he referred to engineers (who merely make the insights of physicists work) "as the Rodney Dangerfields of the material world" who "may crave even greater discoveries than Einstein's. They have honorable precedents. Isaac Newton speculated intensely on the timing of the End."

For many years, the Editor was an ASA member whose involvement was little more than that of literature subscriber. While it was of interest to be plugged in to the ongoing discussion of sci/rel issues, the means for actively conveying the benefits of this discussion to those outside the ASA was not apparent. Friends of mine who let their ASA membership lapse were, I think, sometimes looking for a cause to be a part of, to advance the realm of God in our world of science and technology. It would have infused their ASA membership with a greater purpose, adding concreteness to the intent of the ASA as a fellowship of Christians with a common calling within a scientific society.

With the Executive Director's revitalization of commissions and emphasis on local sections, members' opportunities for involvement beyond the subscriber level are opening onto new horizons. One aspect of this is to provide new ways of targeting and reaching audiences outside the ASA with messages resulting from ASA scholarship activities. The ASAN inserts are one means within an existing publication.

One can think of the ASA as three-dimensional, with axes labeled: fellowship, scholarship and stewardship. The latter dimension brings ecology to mind, and spiritual and intellectual stewardship in society (both ours and developing ones) is part of a complete ecology (as Cal DeWitt argued in his 1993 Annual Meeting keynote lectures). The ASA has been a voice at times in the past to a wider audience, and renewed attention to this stewardship dimension could also add much to our fellowship.

We are certainly not short on scholarship, with many ASAers even operating their own outreach organizations. A very incomplete (and somewhat random) list of examples are: Dennis Wagner and Art Battson (Access Research Network), Robert C. Newman (IBRI), Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe), Earle Fox (Emmaus Ministries), Jon Buell and Mark Hartwig (Foundation for Thought & Ethics), Calvin DeWitt (AuSable Institute), Bill Monsma (MacLaurin Inst.) and those involved in AISRED, such as Ken Dormer. Many more are active and sought-after as speakers, such as Owen Gingerich, Walter Bradley, Howard Van Till, Fritz Schaeffer or many of the ASA/Templeton Series speakers. Other ASAers are actively doing research involving science and/or Christian faith. We have a strong foundation in scholarship upon which members can draw in our fuller development of stewardship. Commissions and local sections offer an organizational context for projects that address such stewardship.

The Editor is interested in your comments on this third dimension of the ASA, especially if you find yourself ready to transcend subscriber-only membership.

Long-time ASA member Gerard Fridsma, a mechanical engineer from Grand Rapids, Michigan, ended a nine-month battle with cancer Friday, March 31, 1995, at age 58 years. Jerry was born and educated in New Jersey and employed as a research engineer in experimental hydrodynamics for 38 years, working on designs of landing craft, submarines and sailboats. Joan Fridsma

The office staff is scurrying around to prepare for the Annual Meeting at Montreat-Anderson College (soon to be Montreat College). We hope to see many of you there. Please pray that the Lord will work in hearts to bring our rapt attention to the needs of our Christian brothers and sisters in science across the world. Many are trying to do good work in situations where there are scant pieces of equipment and few foundational funds to tap. The next Newsletter should give you a diverse report on this. I cannot remember a previous meeting where we were privileged to have five plenary speakers at once. The meeting is also packed with interesting papers, wonderful field trips, and great times for renewing acquaintances and making new friends.

About the time you receive this letter, I will be in Kenya, East Africa for the AISRED Board meeting. Martin Price will also attend and assist in the formulation of AISRED staff research at Daystar U. Ken Dormer, the other North American board member, has decided to stay home this time since the two of us will be there. It has been seventeen years since I was in Kenya when our family spent seven months living in Kijabi where the Rift Valley Academy is located. I am thrilled to be going again. Besides the board meeting, I will spend time visiting friends and coordinating with the science faculty at the Rift Valley Academy and Daystar U.

During April and May, I completed the semester at Gordon College, worked in the office, and attended a few meetings. There was a Christian Medical and Dental Society (CMDS) gathering at Park Street Church in Boston where Dr. David Stevens, its new executive director, spoke on The Critical Role of Christian Doctors in the 21st Century. He also shared some of his experiences in Kenya and laid out his plans for CMDS much as I have done in the Newsletter. He and I had a good time of sharing about our new positions since we both started last July and have dealt with some of the same challenges. CMDS seems interested in an expansion of my mentoring project to include Christian students who are heading to medical or dental school. It was a privilege to meet James Petersen from Lexington, MA who is very active in CMDS and also avid for ASA.

At the request of Rev. Barbara Smith-Moran, I spoke to a meeting of the Center for Faith and Science Exchange (FASE) at Andover Newton Theological School. FASE is a program affiliate of the Boston Theological Institute (BTI). My after dinner topic was Human Genetic Engineering: God's Gift? Rev. Smith-Moran introduced me as director of the oldest, active science/religion organization in Massachusetts if not in the United States. Is that correct? Does anyone know of an active faith/science organization in this country that is older than 1941? That would be an interesting way to bill ourselves, if true.

Jack Haas and I were invited to attend a luncheon in Boston sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton, NJ where Walter Thorson has just completed a year of research. It is described as an interdisciplinary "think tank" for issues relating to Christian theology. Science is one of the areas represented. CTI Director Daniel Hardy spoke and Owen Gingerich and Robert Herrmann helped organize the luncheon. CTI provides housing, a stipend, and an atmosphere conducive to intensive study and synthesis in collaboration with a group of diverse scholars. It is not a direct part of Princeton U. but all the facilities of the university and seminary are available. Dean-Daniel Truog was also there with many faculty from local schools of theology including Boston C., Boston U., and Harvard U. The Harvard Faculty Club put on a delicious meal and afterward Owen, one of my fellow philatelists, showed me a magnificent stamped cover postmarked in 1840 and a letter signed by Sir Roland Hill. Only philatelists can fully appreciate what I just said. You never know what dividends there might be at a luncheon. We (Jack, myself, and my car) got an extensive tour of Boston on the way home-not exactly what we had planned. Well, have you ever driven in Boston?

Please send names of members whom you believe ought to be considered for promotion to Fellow in the ASA-both men and women. I especially call upon local section leaders who are most likely to know who would best fulfill two of the three criteria which are: ASA involvement, publications in science and Christian faith, and distinction in their professional field. Such names need to be here before September 1, 1995 so that we can receive information from the nominees and have each dossier ready for the fall meeting of the ASA Council.

If you have not done so already, please return the form enclosed in my June ASA letter. It is important that we have properly updated information. I often go to the files to learn more about one of you and find that there is either nothing there or something that is pathetically outdated. I am counting on you to keep us informed of future changes. We need this new form no matter how recently you may have turned one in. I am aiming for 100% return. The pundits say that cannot happen-let's fool them!

It was a heartbreaking experience as I read for several days about the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy situation in the Wall Street Journal. What a setback it was for so many of our fine Christian nonprofit organizations, Christian colleges, and donors. Our hearts ache for all of the people involved and we had a special prayer meeting in the office. When one part of the body of Christ hurts, we all hurt.

Thank you again for the wonderful response to the donor matching program. Your response and other promised gifts leave us with about $35,000 to $40,000 needed from donors before the end of the year to fulfill the budget of $90,000 in donations. The proviso is that we make the other income projections and that we not overspend. We continue to be very diligent about the latter. Praise God for what he has done! At least one member has listed us as the beneficiary of dividends from his Christian long distance telephone company called Lifeline. He suggests that others in the ASA consider doing the same thing.

Take care and have a great summer.