Unfortunately, there are a lot of books of debatable quality... I find that many treat either science or theology (or both) in a simplistic manner.
I list here below some books I am quite familiar with and would recommend.
I know of others which are probably very good (or perhaps better) but since I have not read them I should not recommend them.
I list the books in order of roughly increasing sophistication (and difficulty of reading):
- Mike Poole, A Guide to Science and Belief (Lion, 1990)
- Kirsten Birkett, Unnatural enemies: an introduction to science and Christianity (Matthias Media, 1997)
- Malcolm Jeeves and R.J. Berry, Science, Life, and Christian Belief (Apollos, 1998)
- Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: an introduction (Eerdmans, 1963) [Although this is strictly only about theology it does talk about theology as a "science" and provides a good framework to relate science and theology]
- Alister McGrath, The Science of God (T&T Clark, 2004)
Thanks, Ross. I'm looking into them right now. I've also added your blog to my reader so I can continue to read your musings.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, have you read Poythress' book, which you mentioned a couple of months ago in a post? If so, how would you rate it? Thanks again.
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