Science of God The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom

Name: Science of God The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom
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ISBN: 9781439129586

ISBN-10: 1439129584

ISBN-13: 9781439129586

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gerald L. Schroeder

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In The Science of God, distinguished physicist and biblical scholar Gerald Schroeder demonstrates the often surprising parallels between a variety of biblical teachings and the findings of biochemists, palaeontologists, astrophysicists, and quantum physicists. In a brilliant and wide-ranging discussion of key topics that have divided science and religion, such as free will, the development of the universe, the origin of life, and the origin of man, Schroeder argues that the latest science and a close reading of the Bible are not just compatible but interdependent. By exploring how religious belief is enhanced by an open-eyed investigation of the world and how honest science demands humility…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

The author of The Hidden Face of God and Genesis and the Big Bang, Gerald L. Schroeder is an applied theologian with undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been reported in Time, Newsweek, Scientific American, and in leading newspapers around the world. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their five children.



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Preface


Prologue: A Colleague Turns Sixty



Has Science Replaced the Bible? The Great Debate



The New Convergence: Science, Scientists, and the Bible



The Age of Our Universe: Six Days and Fifteen Billion Years



The Six Days of Genesis



The Nature of God: Biblical Expectations for an Infinite yet Immanent Creator



Life: Its Origins and Its Evolution



Evolution: Statistics Versus Random Mutations



The Watchmaker and the Watch



The Origin of Humankind



The Science of Free Will



Why Bad (and Good) Things Happen



Bread from Earth: A Universe Tuned for Life


Epilogue: Well, What About Dinosaurs?


Appendix:



Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) as a Universal Clock



Problems in Estimating the Age of the Universe



The Logic of Having a Biblical Calendar



The Long Life Spans at the Time of Adam and Eve



Genesis Day Three



The Flood at the Time of Noah



A Letter and a Reply: Why God and the God Particle Are Not at Odds



What Is the Wisdom of Creation?


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index of Biblical References


General Index