Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach
My review of Vern Poythress’s new book Redeeming Science is now posted at the Westminster Bookstore Review site.
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My review of Vern Poythress’s new book Redeeming Science is now posted at the Westminster Bookstore Review site.
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October 19th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
I sense an order from WTSBooks in my near future…
Thanks for the review, Mark!
October 19th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
I sense a tiny bit more job security in my future because Chris is buying my books!
October 19th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Mark thanks for the review brother, its one thing to read a publishers blurb and quiet another to read a fellow students thoughts. I appreciate the extra tlc here my friend.
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October 20th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
Do you have an criticisms of Poythress’ book Mark?
October 20th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Criticisms? Hmmm…I really wonder if any (non-Christian) scientist would find his arguments convincing. I have a feeling they would not easily buy that because (according to Poythress) scientific laws exhibit the attributes of God, they therefore necessitate the God of the Bible. Such arguments, I suspect, are more effective in comforting the saints than challenging the scientists. I’d be interested in what my wife Karyn (a trained scientist) would think of the book, but little chance she has time to read it right now.
The book is probably most valuable for appealing to Christians that they don’t need to be afraid of or antagonistic toward science.
October 21st, 2006 at 10:17 am
Yeah…I have a science background. I feel awkward about P’s stuff: he’s probably the most qualified person alive to write about this stuff. Some of his science stuff I’ve read has been great. Yet, sometimes I feel his own spin on Van Til, etc., gets the better of him.
BTW, I recently learned P isn’t entirely unique. I met a guy named Robert Brody: he did his PhD in Math at Harvard, then taught at Yale for a while (where he had some theorem named after him), then decided to go do his PhD at rabbinics at Hebrew U, where he now is a prof. Incidentally, they share a lot of personal qualities…though I did find Brody much easier to talk with.
This has been driving a personal crisis: I’ve been realizing the past 5 years that I’m not terribly bright. Ugh. Good to be humbled.
October 22nd, 2006 at 9:18 am
J, if you aren’t terribly bright, then I must be the dark side of the moon!
Some days “mild-mannered book store clerk” sound just about right for me!