Die Wetenskap en Geloof

KWESSIES RAKENDE DIE VERSOENBAARHEID TUSSEN DIE BEOEFENING VAN DIE WETENSKAP EN GELOOF IN GOD:

• Die god-van-die-gapings
• Duiwelbesetenheid
• Wonderwerke is onmoontlik
• Moenie my as wetenskaplike so oordeel nie!
• Kan ons God se bestaan wetenskaplik bewys?
• Is daar ‘n holte in die aarde?
• Hoe gedink oor die ‘Geloof versus Wetenskap’ debat?
• Is die Kalaam kosmologiese argument geldig?
• Die Christelike geloof en die wetenskap
• A Critical Analysis of Piet Croucamp’s Case Against God
• Examining Abel Pienaar’s case for not knowing God
• Ander heelal, ander wette?
• Comments about the Lennox and Dawkins debate
• Die bestaan van feetjies
• Is Genesis 1 en 2 teenstrydig?
• Twyfel oor of wonderwerke gebeur
• Twyfel oor ‘n onsienlike God

KWESSIES RAKENDE SKEPPING EN EVOLUSIE:

• Disagreements among Christians about God and evolution
• Creation: God has spelt it out plainly
• Creationism: a dialogue
• Oor die interpretasie van Genesis 1
• Wat is ‘n Christelike siening van evolusie?
• Teaching on creation: an exchange with a teacher
• The relation between Scripture and science
• Different views on creation
• The Days of Genesis
• Wat is die verskil tussen Intelligente Ontwerp en Teïstiese Evolusie?
• Evolusie op skool: Wat staan ‘n Christen-ouer te doen?
• Was National Geografic reg oor Darwin?
• Glo julle aan die waarheid en outoriteit van die Skrif?
• God en lewe op aarde
• Discovery of die Bybel?

 

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Doing Science and Believing in God: Exploring the Interface

Beginner level:

• Geloof versus wetenskap – Louw Alberts (B)
• Thinking Clearly About God and Science – David Wilkinson & Rob Frost (B)
• Beyond Belief: An Introduction to the Science/Faith Debate – Dennis Alexander, Robert S. White (B)
• Science Vs. Christianity. Areopagus Journal of the Apologetics Resource Center (Vol.5 No. 1) – Nancy Pearcey, Jay W. Richards, Steven B. Cowan and Douglas Groothuis (B)
• The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy – Nancy Pearcey, Charles Thaxton (B)

Intermediate level:

• God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? – John Lennox (I)
• When Science and Christianity Meet – David Lindberg, Ronald Numbers (I)
• Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? – C. John Collins (I)
• Pascal’s Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding – Keith Ward (I)
• Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things – Alister E. McGrath (I)
• The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker (US) or Science & Christian Belief (UK) – John C. Polkinghorne (I)
• Science and Theology – John C. Polkinghorne (I)
• Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism – Alvin Plantinga (I)
• Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists Versus God and Religion – Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas (I)
• Not Just Science: Questions Where Christian Faith and Natural Science Intersect – Dorothy F. Chappell (Editor), E. David Cook (Editor) (I)
• Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths about Science and Religion – Ronald Numbers (I)
• Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Investigation – J. P. Moreland (I)
• The Lion Handbook of Science and Christianity – R.J. Berry (I)
• The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion – Peter Harrison (I)
• The Blackwell Companion to Science and Religion – J.B. Stump, Alan Padgett (I/A)

Advanced level:

• When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners? – Ian G. Barbour (A)
• The Road of Science and the Ways to God (The Gifford Lectures) – Stanley L. Jaki (A)
• Science, Faith and Society: A Searching Examination of the Meaning and Nature of Scientific Inquiry – Michael Polanyi (A)
• Belief in God in an Age of Science – John C. Polkinghorne (A)

The Discoveries of Science as Pointers of Transcendence

 Beginner level:

•  Die Groot Gedagte: Abstrakte Weefsel Van Die Kosmos – Gideon Joubert (B)
• Science and Wonders : Conversations About Science and Belief – Russell Stannard (B)
• God, Time, & Stephen Hawking: An Exploration into Origins – David Wilkinson (B)
• Not a Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmology – R.C. Sproul (B/I)

Intermediate level:

• A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology – Alister McGrath (I)
• Glimpsing the Face of God: The Search for Meaning in the Universe – Alister McGrath (I)
• God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway – John Lennox (I)
• Science and Christianity: Conflict or Coherence? – Henry F. Schaefer III (I)
• The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God – Hugh Ross (I)
• Why The Universe Is The Way It Is – Hugh Ross (I)
• The Fingerprint of God: Recent Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Unmistakable Identity of the Creator – Hugh Ross (I)
• Beyond the Cosmos: What Recent Discoveries in Astrophysics Reveal about the Glory and Love of God – Hugh Ross (I)
• Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology – William Lane Craig & Quentin Smith (I)
• God and the New Cosmology: The Anthropic Design Argument – M.A. Corey (I)
• The God Hypothesis: Discovering Design in Our Just Right Goldilocks Universe – M.A. Corey (I)
• The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery – Guillermo Gonzalez (I)
• The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer – J.P. Moreland, ed. (I)
• The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom – Gerald L. Schroeder (I)
• Genesis and the Big Bang: The Discovery Of Harmony Between Modern Science And The Bible – Gerald L. Schroeder (I)
• Show Me God: What the Message from Space Is Telling Us About God (Wonders, 1) – Fred Heeren (I)
• Science and Creation: The Search for Understanding – John Polkinghorne (I)
• Quarks, Chaos & Christianity: Questions to Science And Religion – John Polkinghorne (I)
• The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion & The Search for God – Kitty Ferguson (I)
• Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life – Paul Davies (I)

Advanced level:

• A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization – Dean L. Overman (A)
• God and the Astronomers – Robert Jastrow (A)
• The Anthropic Cosmological Principle – John D. Barrow, Frank J. Tipler and John A. Wheeler (A)
• The Mystery of Life’s Origin: Reassessing Current Theories – Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, Roger Olsen (A)
• God’s Universe – Owen Gingerich (A)

Different Views on Creation and Evolution

• Holman QuickSource Guide to Understanding Creation – Mark Whorton and Hill Roberts
• Three Views on Creation and Evolution – J.P. Moreland, John Mark Reynolds, John J. Davis and Howard J. Van Till
• When Christians Disagree: Creation and Evolution: 7 Prominent Christians Debate Today’s Issues – Derek Burke, series ed.
• Science, Life and Christian Belief: A Survey and Assessment – Malcolm .A. Jeeves and R.J. Berry
• More Than A Theory: Revealing A Testable Model For Creation – Hugh Ross

 Different Views on the Creation Account in Genesis

• Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science – John Lennox
• The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate – John H. Walton
• The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate – John H. Walton
  
• Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, And Theological Commentary – C. John Collins
• How to Read Genesis – Tremper Longman III
• Genesis: A Commentary – Bruce K. Waltke and Cathi J. Fredricks
• God’s Pattern for Creation: A Covenantal Reading of Genesis 1 – W. Robert Godfrey, (see Review)
• Beyond the Firmament: Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation – Gordon J. Glover
• In the Beginning – Henri Blocher
• Science and the Renewal Of Belief – Russell Stannard
• More Than a Theory: Revealing a Testable Model for Creation – Hugh Ross
• Who Was Adam?: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man – Fazala Rana, Hugh Ross
• God By Evolution – Michael Jarvis
• In the Beginning . . . We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in Its Original Context – Johnny V. Miller, John M. Soden

A Perspective: Intelligent Design
Beginner level:

• The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God –  Lee Strobel (B)
• Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language – Dembski & McDowell (B)

Intermediate level:

• Of Pandas and People: The Central Question of Biological Origins – Dean Kenyon, Percival W. Davis (I)
• Darwin on Trial – Phillip Johnson (I)
• Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? – Jonathan Wells (I)
• Billions of Missing Links: A Rational Look at the Mysteries Evolution Can’t Explain – Geoffrey Simmons (I)
• Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution – Michael Behe (I)
• The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism – Michael Behe (I)
• Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design – Stephen Meyer (I)
• Creating Life in the Lab – Fazale Rana (I)
• The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design – William Dembski (I)
• Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men: A Rational Christian Look at UFOs and Extraterrestrials – Hugh Ross (I)
• The Cell’s Design: How Chemistry Reveals The Creator’s Artistry – Fazale Rana (I)
• The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery – Guillermo Gonzalez (I)
• Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?: Who They Were and Why You Should Care – C. John Collins (I)
• Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off – Hugh Ross (I)
• Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design – Stephen Meyer (I)
• Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe – Michael Behe, William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, eds. (I)
• Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design – Thomas Woodward (I)
• Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design – William Dembski, ed. (I)
• Doubts about Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design – Thomas Woodward (I)
• Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design – Thomas Woodward (I)
• By Design: Science and the Search for God – Larry Witham (I)
• The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism – Phillip E. Johnson  (I)
• Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds – Phillip E. Johnson (I)
• The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues – Mike Gene (I)
• Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design – William Dembski, James Kushiner, eds. (I)
• God and Evolution – Jay W. Richards (I)
• How Blind is the Watchmaker? Nature’s Design and the Limits of Naturalistic Science – Neil Broom (I)

Advanced level:

• Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology – William Dembski & Michael Behe (I/A)
• The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities – William Dembski (A)
• Evolution: A Theory in Crisis – Michael Denton (A)
• No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased Without Intelligence – William Dembski (A)

A Perspective: Theistic Evolution

• God, Chance and Necessity – Keith Ward
• The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief – Francis S. Collins
• Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution – Karl Giberson
• Who Made the Moon?: A Father Explores How Faith and Science Agree – Sigmund Brouwer
• Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? – Denis Alexander
• Science and the Renewal Of Belief – Russell Stannard
• Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution – Kennet R. Miller