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Coming to Peace with Science Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology

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ISBN-10: 0830827420

ISBN-13: 9780830827428

Edition: 2004

Authors: Darrel R. Falk, Francis S. Collins

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Is a thoroughly Christian and biblically informed doctrine of creation compatible with widely held conclusions of modern science, especially biology?For Darrel R. Falk, this is not just an abstract question but one with which he has personally wrestled. A professor of biology, Falk brings together his biblically based understanding of creation and the most current research in biology. The result of his efforts to acknowledge the validity of science and the authority of Scripture is a new paradigm for relating the claims of science to the truths of Christianity.Written with the undergraduate student in mind, this book nonetheless will help anyone who is looking for a place to stand in the…    
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Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 4/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 235
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Francis S. Collins (M.D., Ph.D.) is a world-renowned physician-geneticist known for his discovery of the causes of many human genetic diseases.� He is also known for spearheading the Human Genome Project, which produced the first complete sequence of human DNA in 2003. In 2006, he published The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence fo Belief, which spent fourteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.In 2007, he founded The BioLogos Foundation to respond to the many queries he receives about science and faith. Since August 2009, he has served as the directof of the National Institutes of Health.His most recent books, all authored prior to his current government position,…    

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Science and Religion: Trying to Live in Two Worlds at Once
The Creation and Fall: Exploring the Meaning of Scripture
Putting Creation into a Time Frame
The Fossil Record
Beyond the Fossil Record: Looking at the Geographical Distribution of Life's Diversity
Tracing Lineage by Tracking Genes
Coming to Peace with Biology
Index