RE: [asa] God as Cause

McGrath/s website is http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mcgrath/ In particular, http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mcgrath/lectures.html deals with lectures.
 
Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu on behalf of Janice Matchett
Sent: Thu 1/11/2007 12:13 PM
To: Bill Hamilton; David Opderbeck; David Campbell
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: 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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