Category Archives: Accommodation

Review of Evolution of Adam by Peter Enns (a final reflection)

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Last week I wrote a 3-part review of Pete Enns’ Evolution of Adam.  Many others have been chiming in as well, with reviews all across the spectrum as you might expect, given the nature of the book. Some have labeled … Continue reading →

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Review of The Evolution of Adam by Peter Enns (post 3)

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

This is the final post of my 3 part review of Peter Enns’ newest book, The Evolution of Adam. I hope that you all are also enjoying other reviews from the tour, which has supported my point that the book’s … Continue reading →

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Review of The Evolution of Adam by Peter Enns (post 2)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

I have enjoyed being a part of the Brazog blog tour and reading other bloggers’ reviews of The Evolution of Adam, in particular James McGrath’s posts. It’s very rare that I am reading a book that many others are also reading and blogging … Continue reading →

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Review of The Evolution of Adam by Peter Enns (post 1)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

“Attempts to reconcile Genesis and evolution are understandable, but they invariably lead to making some adjustments in the biblical story, and these adjustments always move us away from a strictly literal/historical reading of Genesis toward something else – call it … Continue reading →

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The beginning of the Gospel (RJS)

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

This post is phenomenal. Read it and enjoy responsibly. I would love to discuss it more intimately over here, but make sure to give RJS some props over at the Jesus Creed as well.

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A rough draft of videos illustrating science and religion models. Got others?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Tomorrow night we are going over models for the interaction of science and religion, using Barbour’s conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration models. I’ll probably also mention a few different typologies that have been put forth by others, but we’ll focus … Continue reading →

Posted in Accommodation, Education and mentoring, Evolution, Ian Barbour, Reductionism, science vs. religion, Scientist-Theologians | 2 Comments

Integration: it’s not just calculus and social science

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

We’ve been looking at Ian Barbour’s 4 models for the interaction of science and religion and will finish today by exploring the 4th and final model, integration. To help put some traction behind these models, we’ve used everyone’s favorite issue … Continue reading →

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The dialogue model of science and religion

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

di·a·logue [dahy-uh-lawg] –noun 1. conversation between two or more persons. 2. the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. 3. an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, especially a political or religious issue, with a view … Continue reading →

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The independence model of science and religion… the “enlightened” response to warfare

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

We’re looking at Ian Barbour’s 4 model typology for the interaction of science and religion and are using creation and evolution as our canvas. In our last post, we talked about the model of conflict, in which creation and evolution … Continue reading →

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Applying Barbour’s models to creation and evolution

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

At the end of this month I will be starting my first introductory course on science and religion. In addition to various essays, the primary text that we will be reading and discussing is Ian Barbour’s When Science Meets Religion, … Continue reading →

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