Re: Report: Francis Collins presentation

I'm interested indeed! Of course -- being the cheapscate I am, I'll be
checking our library and inter-library loan out for it first (don't take
that personally)! But yes it does look like a good and challenging
read. I've read at least one of John Polkinghorne's books. He's a
physicist / anglican priest. I like some of what he says. I haven't
authored any books to throw out here, but in a bit of shameless
self-promotion I'll put a link here
<http://www.mbitikofer.com/origins.htm> to an essay I wrote on the topic
of evolution in a context wider than science -- trying to examine
philosophies and implications beyond science. I'm always interested in
feedback from anybody who cares enough to do a bit of reading. If the
link in the text above doesn't work, it's at:
http://www.mbitikofer.com/origins.htm

--merv

George Murphy wrote:

> Merv -
>
> Your posts to the asa list made me think that you might be interested
> in a recent book of mine, _The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross_. I'm
> taking the liberty of including some information about it below.
>
> Shalom
> George
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
>
> THE COSMOS IN THE LIGHT OF THE CROSS
>
>
>
> By George L. Murphy
>
>
>
>> From Trinity Press International
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>
>
>
> Hardcover, 224 pages, $49.50
>
> ISBN #1-56338-417-5
>
>
>
> Trinity Press International books are available through bookstores,
> from online
>
> booksellers, or direct from the publisher. Order online at
> www.trinitypressintl.com or
>
> call 800-877-0012 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (leave voice-mail at
> other times).
>
>
>
> "At last, scientific precision and theological richness in one
> readable source! In clear
>
> and accessible terms, Murphy brings together his knowledge as a
> physicist, his vision as
>
> a theologian, and his wisdom as a pastor. The result is a thoroughly
> reliable, succinct,
>
> yet comprehensive profession of a living biblical faith in a
> self-giving God." -Ronald
>
> Cole-Turner, H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics,
> Pittsburgh Theological
>
> Seminary
>
>
>
> In The Cosmos in the Light of the Cross, George Murphy finds
> understanding in the
>
> theology of the cross, with a God who becomes a participant in the
> universe and thereby
>
> shares the suffering, loss, and death that are part of the worldly
> experience. Murphy
>
> uses this theology of the cross as a perspective from which to read
> ecology, evolution,
>
> and bioethics. His view gives us new opportunities to understand the
> apparent absence of
>
> God in natural processes, the role of death in evolution, and the
> ethical ambiguities
>
> raised by science-based technologies.
>
>
>
> George L. Murphy is a Lutheran pastor currently serving as Pastoral
> Associate at St. Paul's
>
> Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio. A Templeton Fellow with a Ph.D. in
> physics from Johns
>
> Hopkins, he teaches theology and science at Trinity Lutheran Seminary
> in Columbus, Ohio,
>
> and is the author of Cosmic Witness and Toward a Christian View of a
> Scientific World.
>
>
>
> Contents
>
>
>
> 1. An Informal Orientation
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>
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> 2. The Question of Natural Theology
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>
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> 3. Theology of the Crucified God
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>
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> 4. The Scientific Picture of the World
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>
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> 5. What Can We Know about the World?
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>
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> 6. God's Action in the World
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>
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> 7. The Origin of the Universe
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>
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> 8. Evolution as Creation
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>
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> 9. Technology and Ethics
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>
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> 10. Medicine and Bioethics
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> 11. The Natural Environment
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> 12. The Goal of Creation
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> 13. The Worship of the Universe
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> Selected Bibliography
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>
>
Received on Wed Oct 26 20:06:44 2005