Michael Ruse: Making Room for Faith in an Age of Science

Greg Clark of the Centre for Public Christianity, interviewed Atheist professor and Scientist Michael Ruse about his forthcoming book which is about making room for faith in an age of Science. The article is available at ABC News (= Australian Broadcast Corporation for you yanks!).

More New Blogs from Australia on Science and Theology

I have come across yet another Aussie blogger who is into all things Science, Philosophy, and Theology, and the engagement between the three. Roger Morris, who a medical doctor on the Sunshine Coast (I've been there and believe me it is appropriately named!), has started a blog called, Faithinterface.com which he introduces as: "The purpose of this blog is completely selfish - to allow me to bang on about my great love, the interface between science, philosophy and Christian theology. But it is also an opportunity to engage in discussions about these matters with others of all worldviews within the blogosphere. "

New Blog on Theology, Science, and Culture

Ross McKenzie is one of the world's leading quantum physicists and he's also a Christian and an Australian (and let's face it, it doesn't get much better than that!). Anyways, he has a blog called: Solio Deo Gloria: Thoughts on Theology, Science, and Culture which is worth checking out. He is also associated with the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion.

The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science

During doctoral studies at the University of Queensland, I played tennis every Friday with members of the religious studies faculty including Peter Harrison formerly of Bond University (now of Oxford Uni). Any ways, you can read an RBL review of his book The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science. The thesis for the book is intriguing:

"Peter Harrison provides a new account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the new approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the mind and the senses had been damaged by that primeval event. Scientific methods, he suggests, were originally devised as techniques for ameliorating the cognitive damage wrought by human sin. At its inception, modern science was conceptualized as a means of recapturing the knowledge of nature that Adam had once possessed. Contrary to a widespread view which sees science emerging in conflict with religion, Harrison argues that theological considerations were of vital importance in the framing of the new scientific method."

The review is by Mark Elliott.

David Vinson on Science and Theology

David Vinson is a medical doctor with a keen interest in the interface between science and theology. Do check out his resource website, which has some good endorsements, it all looks very interesting.