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Science, Creation and the Bible Reconciling Rival Theories of Origins

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ISBN-10: 0830838899

ISBN-13: 9780830838899

Edition: 2010

Authors: Richard F. Carlson, Tremper Longman

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Many Christians are torn between their belief in the Bible and the conclusions of science. This is especially the case concerning the creation narratives of Scripture and the rather different stories that science tells.Physicist Richard Carlson and biblical scholar Tremper Longman address the longstanding problem of how to relate scientific description of the beginnings of the universe with the biblical creation passages found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. Experts in their respective fields, these two authors provide a way to resolve the seeming conflicting descriptions by showing the meaning of the biblical texts as well as the meaning of scientific description.In the process they will…    
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Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 10/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Richard F. Carlson is research professor of physics at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California and formerly a visiting scientist in the department of radiation sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden. He received a B.S. (University of Redlands), M.S. and Ph.D. (University of Minnesota) in physics, and an M. A. (Fuller Theological Seminary) in biblical studies and theology. His physics research interests are in experimental nuclear physics, and he has done postdoctoral research at UCLA. While teaching at the University of Redlands he has continued his nuclear research at UCLA, the University of Manitoba, University of California Davis, and currently at Uppsala University. Carlson…    

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Theological and Scientific Sources and Their Interpretation
Characteristics of Theology and Science Relevant to the Conflict
Biblical Interpretation-A Key Element in Resolving the Creation-Evolution Conflict
Creation in the Old Testament
Creation in the New Testament
Genesis 1:1-2:3 and Genesis 2:4-25
Genesis 1 and 2 as a Worldview Statement of the Ancient People of Israel
Subject Index
Scripture Index