Classroom Conversations: Integrating Science and Faith
In this second installment of the “Classroom Conversations” series, Aaron and two student co-hosts, Devin Vaudreuil and Micah McFarlane, discuss how to relate science and Christian faith. They talk about the tension that is often perceived between the two and address the difficult issue of how to explain the complex structures possessed by some living things that look designed for predation and parasitism.
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Notes
- The two textbooks used in this class are:
- Brand, L., Chadwick, A (2016). Faith, reason, and earth history: a paradigm of earth and biological origins by intelligent design (3rd ed.). Andrews University Press.
- Free eBook in several formats available here.
- Gibson, L. J., & Rasi, M. R. (Eds.). (2011). Understanding creation: Answers to questions on faith and science. Pacific Press Publishing Association
- Brand, L., Chadwick, A (2016). Faith, reason, and earth history: a paradigm of earth and biological origins by intelligent design (3rd ed.). Andrews University Press.
- The quote from Richard Dawkins is from a lecture titled “The “know-nothings”, the “know-alls”, and the “no-contests” and can be found here.
- A good book on this history of the Seventh-day Adventist church is:
- Knight, G. R. (2012). A brief history of Seventh-day Adventists (3rd). Review and Herald Publishing Association
- Michael Behe coined the term “irreducible complexity” in this book:
- Behe, M. J (2006). Darwin’s black box: the biochemical challenge to evolution. Free Press
- William Dembski’s book on how to rule out chance as an explanation is:
- Dembski, W.A (1998). The design inference: eliminating change through small probabilities. Cambridge University Press
- The book Aaron referenced on the origin of life:
- Meyer, S. C (2009). Signature in the call: DNA and the evidence for intelligent design. HarperCollins
- The book by C.S. Lewis referenced by student co-host Devin Vaudreuil:
- Lewis C. S (1952). Mere Christianity, HarperCollins
Credits
- Audio production: Aaron Corbit
- Music: “Perspectives” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- Photo from pixabay.com
