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ASA Classic Monograph | ASA history |ASA web history| bibliography | creationism & Intelligent design| | dialogue | Home| introduction | links | mini-symposium | papers| History of Science and Christianity
The Christian church has had a continuing concern for
the relation between God, man, and nature. Since Western science emerged in
cultures dominated by Christianity we might ask how Christianity influenced
attitudes toward nature and Our keynote paper by English, Chemist-Historian Colin Russell aptly focuses on the value of history in understanding toady's science/faith concerns. American historians of science David Lindberg and Ronald Numbers offer a seminal statement on the 'conflict thesis' in Beyond War and Peace: A Reappraisal of the Encounter between Christianity and Science. We offer a selection of papers from Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (PSCF) and other sources that illustrate the wide-ranging scope of the subject, plus a dialogue on Desmond and Moore's best-selling Darwin, a mini-symposium on the science interests of British evangelical pioneer John Wesley, a selection of papers on ASA history and a bibliography from which the field may be explored in detail. An ASA Classic Monograph, Wheaton College biologist and ASA pioneer Russell Mixter (1967) provides one mid-20th C view of evolution.
PAPERS on Historical Themes John R.
Armstrong, "Rediscovering
John Ray (1627-1705) PSCF 41.2:105-107 (6/1989) Richard P. Aulie, "Al-Ghazali Against Aristotle: An Unforeseen Overture to Science in Eleventh-CenturyBaghdad," PSCF 46.1:26-46 (3/1994) David C. Bossard, "The Stones Cry Out: How Early Christian Geologists Enlarged their Understanding of the Creation Account," IBRI Research Report #57 (2006) Harry Cook, "Wonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the History of Biology," Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 47 (September 1995): 159-163. Edward B. Davis, "A Whale of a Tale: Fundamentalist Fish Stories,"PSCF, 43 (December 1991): 224. James Hannam, "The Decline of Witch Trials in Europe." Essay, 2007. Edward O. Dodson, "Toldot Adam: A Little-Known Chapter in the History of Darwinism," PSCF 52 (Mar 2000):47-54. Philip Eichman, "The Christian Character of Michael Faraday as Revealed in His Personal Life and Recorded Sermons",,"PSCF 43.2: 92-95 (6/1991) Karl Giberson & Donald Yerxa, Inherit the Monkey Trial Scopes Trial historian Ed Larson explains why Christians should be taught evolution. Christianity Today Archive with useful links on the trial. Haas, John W., Jr., Essay Review: Bowler, Peter J. Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain PSCF 55.1:45-51 (3/2003)Lamoureux, Denis O., Theological Insights from Charles Darwin PSCF 56.1:2-12 (3/2004)
Christopher B. Kaiser,
"The Creationist Tradition in the History of Science," PSCF
45 (June 1993): 80 -89.
Lindberg, David C. & Numbers, Ronald L., "Beyond
War and Peace: A Reappraisal of the
Encounter between Christianity and Science" PSCF 39.3:140-149
(9/1987) David Livingston, "Science and Religion: Towards a New Cartography" Christian Scholar's Review XXVI:3 (Spring 1997) 270 - 292. (web link) Russell Maatmann, "The Galileo Incident," PSCF46 (September 1994): 179-182. George L. Murphy, "Possible Influences of Biblical Beliefs upon Physics, " PSCF,48 (June 1996):82. Sara Joan Miles, "Charles Darwin and Asa Gray Discuss Teleology and Design"PSCF 53.3:196-201 (9/2001. Sara Joan Miles, "From Being to Becoming: Science and Theology in the Eighteenth Century," PSCF, 43 (December 1991): Terry G. Pence,"Charles S. Pierce, Scientific Method, and God,"PSCF 49.3:156-161(9/1997. Michael B. Roberts: Genesis and Geology Unearthed 15 December 2002 Colin Russell, "Without a Memory," PSCF 45 (March 1993): 219-221. Jeffrey Burton Russell, "The myth of the flat Earth," Paper presented at the American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting, August 4, 1997 at Westmont College. James Hannam, "The myth of the the flat Earth," 2007. A further short paper on the topic.
Stephen David Snobelen,
Newton Reconsidered (2005) Comments on recent scholarship on Newton's
theological views. Yerxa, "Donald A., Phillip Johnson and the Origins of the Intelligent Design Movement, 1977-1991, PSCF 54 (March 2002): 47 [PDF] Davis Young, "History of the Collapse of "Flood Geology" and a Young Earth," (adapted from The Biblical Flood: A Case Study of the Church's Response to Extrabiblical Evidence Eerdmans, 1995)
Sara Miles, "Darwin: A Man of His Times - A Theory of Its Time?" PSCF, 45 (Sep1993): 191 - 195. David N. Livingstone, "A Commentary on Darwin," ,PSCF, 46 (June 1994): 123 - 127. James Moore. "Cutting Both Ways - Darwin Among the Devout: A Response to David Livingstone, Sara Miles, and Mark Noll," PSCF 46 (Sep 1994): 169 - 172. The Rev. John Wesley and Science Laura Bartels Felleman, "John Wesley's Survey of the Wisdom of God in Creation: A Methodological Inquiry," PSCF 58 (March 2006): 68-73. J. W. Haas, Jr., "John Wesley's Vision of Science in the Service of Christ," PSCF 47 (December 1995): 234 - 243. H. Newton Malony, "John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century Therapeutic Uses of Electricity,"PSCF 47 (December 1995): 244 - 254. Dorothy F. Chappell,"Christian, Teacher, Scientist, Mentor: Dr. Russell L. Mixter Visionary for the Role of Science in Christian Higher Education,"PSCF 44(March 1992):10-16 John W., Jr. Haas,"Irwin A. Moon, F. Alton Everest and Will H. Houghton: Early Links between the Moody Bible Institute and the American Scientific Affiliation," PSCF 43 (Dec 1991):249-258. D. G. Hart, "The Fundamentalist Origins of the American Scientific Affiliation," PSCF 43 (Dec 1991):238-248 Mark A. Kalthoff, "The Harmonious Dissonance of Evangelical Scientists: Rhetoric and Reality in the Early Decades of the ASA," PSCF 43 (Dec 1991):259-272 Joseph L. Spradley,"Changing Views of Science and Scripture: Bernard Ramm & the ASA,"PSCF 44 (Mar 1992):2-9. Creationism and Intelligent Design Lenny Flank, Deception by Design: The Intelligent Design Movement in America , Posted August 20, 2006. A self conscious and combative book length historical account of creationism and the Intelligent Design movement. An Appendix has a full reprint of the Wedge Strategy document authored by founding father Philip Johnson.Peter Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate In Early Twentieth-Century Britain, University of Chicago Press, 2001 John Hedley Brooke, Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press NY, 1991.
G. A. Cantor, Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist, Macmillan Publishers, London, 1991. Adrian Desmond & James Moore, Darwin: the Life of a Tormented Evolutionist, Warner Books NY, 1991.
Adrian Desmond, Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest,
Addison-Wesley, Charles Hummel, The Galileo Connection: Resolving Conflicts between Science & the Bible, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove IL 1986. Dan Graves, Scientists of Faith: Forty-Eight Biographies of Historic Scientists and their Christian Faith, Kregel Resources, Grand Rapids MI, 1996. Frederick Gregory, Nature Lost?: Natural Science and the German Theological Traditions of the Nineteenth Century, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1992. Christopher Kaiser, Creation and the History of Science, W. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids MI, 1991.
David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers, eds., God and Nature: Historical
Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science, University of
California Press, Berkeley CA,
David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers eds., When Science & Christianity Meet, University of Chicago Press, 2003. David C. Lindberg and Robert S. Westman, eds., Reappraisals of the Scientific Revolution, Cambridge University Press NY, 1990. Ronald L. Numbers. The Creationists: the Evolution of Scientific Creationism, Alfred A. Kopf NY, 1992. Ronald L. Numbers, Darwinism Comes to America, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1998. John Ray (1628-1705) The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation, 1691 (ebook ) Colin A. Russell, Cross-currents: Interactions Between Science & Faith, W. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids MI, 1985 James Strick, Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates Over Spontaneous Generation, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 2000.
Andrew White,
The Warfare Of Science With Theology,
(1896) (ebook). The Alfred Russel Wallace Page Web site dedicated to celebrating the life and work of the English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) John Ray Web Site (1628-1705) A survey of the life and times of English naturalist John Ray, of his place in the history of science, in church history, and of his character and faith. Robert A. Hatch, "THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION HOMEPAGE" A diverse page on all aspects of the Scientific Revolution containing a vast quantity of links to primary readings, secondary readings, a glossary of terminology, a timeline from Copernicus to Newton, biographies, biblio...more. Victorian Science & Religion Aileen Fyfe, Dept. of History, National University of Ireland, Galway and John van Wyhe, Fellow, NUS; Researcher, History & philosophy of science, Cambridge University. At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religious faith and the sciences were generally seen to be in beautiful accordance. But... If you have comments or questions please contact haas.john@comcast.net
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