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

Darrel R. Falk

InterVarsity Press, Sep 20, 2009 - Religion - 235 pages

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 creation-evolution debate, fearful that they'll have to choose between intellectual integrity and the faith of the church. Calling for charitable discussions within the church, Falk shows how an original and ongoing interaction of God with creation is fully reconcilable with the kinds of development identified by current biological science.

Contents

• Foreword: 9
• Preface: 13
• Acknowledgments: 17
• 1 Science and Religion: 19
• 2 The Creation and Fall: 39
• 3 Putting Creation into a Time Frame: 61
• 4 The Fossil Record: 83
• 5 Beyond the Fossil Record: 135
• 6 Tracing Lineage by Tracking Genes: 169
• 7 Coming to Peace with Biology: 203
• Index: 235
• More Titles from InterVarsity Press: 236

About the author

Falk is professor of biology, associate provost, and dean of graduate studies and continuing education at Point Loma Nazarene University in Point Loma, California.

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 for 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 director of the National Institutes of Health. His most recent books, all authored prior to his current government position, include The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine and Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Coming to Peace with Science: Bridging the Worlds Between Faith and Biology
• Author: Darrel R. Falk
• Contributor: Francis S. Collins
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0830874771, 9780830874774
• Length: 235 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Religion & Science