Re: [asa] "American Association of Christians in Science?"

An excellent question. I don't know the history behind the name. Actually a similar question arose ~ 25 years ago about the name of the ASA's journal, which used to be simply _Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation_. Like the name of ASA itself, that gave no hint about the religious dimension & made it unlikely that seminary libraries &c would want to subscribe to the journal. The current title, _Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith_, is much clearer.

Shalom,
George
http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

---- Preston Garrison <pngarrison@att.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> You may regard this message as a stone thrown into the pond to see
> what happens.
>
> I'm wondering why the ASA does not identify itself in its name as
> Christian or evangelical? Is it a stealth strategy or what? I throw
> the idea in the subject line out, not as something I mean to push,
> but as a question about why our name is not as straightforward as the
> UK org CiS (Christians in Science). There is the obvious analogy to
> the AAAS, of course.
>
> This also relates to earlier discussions about whether the ASA should
> try to attract people and perhaps other organizations into some sort
> of more comprehensive association.
>
> Preston
>
> "... a loose association of millionaires and billionaires" - Paul Simon
>
> (We could use a few of those as well. :))
>
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Received on Mon Feb 9 23:35:50 2009