Re: [asa] God as Cause

At 11:19 AM 1/11/2007, Bill Hamilton wrote:

>Thanks for posting this, Janice. Note that Alister McGrath is a
>keynote speaker at the ASA annual meeting at the University of
>Edinburgh, August 2-5.

@ You're welcome. I have always admired McGrath and would love to
hear him speak.

I especially thought this reviewer's comments were quite interesting
given the esteem that some on this list have for Peacocke especially:

Throughout McGrath's scholarship is thorough and exhaustive, lending
real weight to his arguments. He takes history, sociology, theology,
science, philosophy, etc. into account at each stage of his
presentation. He is another fine example of how to engage with the
best secular scholarship from a Christian viewpoint, without watering
down one's convictions, along with Jeffrey Burton Russell, Nancey
Murphy, etc. This book should be read by all Christians who are
serious both about engaging with science and maintaining the
integrity of their faith. The likes of Barbour and Peacocke, although
they have insights which definitely deserve consideration, are
essentially compromisers. McGrath shows how modern science and
thought in general do NOT necessitate a radical revisioning of
Christian belief. Definitely required reading in
science-and-religion. ~ A reviewer

~ Janice

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Received on Thu Jan 11 12:14:32 2007