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Resources

Books

SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Barbour, Ian G. Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. [1999 Templeton Prize Winner]

Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Free Press, 2006.

Giberson, Karl. Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Gingerich, Owen. God’s Universe. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2006.

Heller, Michael. Creative Tension: Essays in Science and Religion. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2003. [2008 Templeton Prize Winner; Text for purchase at http://www.templetonpress.org/book.asp?book_id=62]

Kung, Hans. The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion. Translated by John Bowden. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2007

Numbers, Ron L. Science and Christianity in Pulpit and Pew. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Peacocke, Arthur. Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming—Natural, Divine, and Human. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993. [2001 Templeton Prize Winner]

Polkinghorne, John. Belief in God in an Age of Science. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. [2002 Templeton Prize Winner]

Rolston III, Holmes. Science and Religion: A Critical Introduction. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006 [2003 Templeton Prize Winner; Text for purchase at http://www.templetonpress.org/book.asp?book_id=96]

Southgate, Christopher, Celia Deane-Drummond, Paul D. Murray, Michael Robert Negus, Lawrence Osborn, Michael Poole, Jacqui Stewart, Fraser Watts, eds. God, Humanity, and the Cosmos. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1999.

Taylor, Barbara Brown. Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion. Cambridge: Cowley Publications, 2000.

Ward, Keith. The Big Questions in Science and Religion. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008. [For purchase at http://www.templetonpress.org/book.asp?book_id=113]

THE NEW ATHEISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Cornwell, John. Darwin's Angel: A Seraphic Riposte to “The God Delusion”. London: Profile Books, 2007.

Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.

Dennett, Daniel. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.

D’Souza, Dinesh. What’s So Great About Christianity. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2007.

Flew, Antony. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. With Roy Abraham Varghese. New York: Harper Collins, 2007.

Harris, Sam. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.

Haught, John F. God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. Louisville: Westminster John Know Press, 2008.

Hitchens, Christopher. God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. New York: Hachette Book Group, 2007.

McGrath, Alister and Joanna Collicutt McGrath. The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, 2007.

Excerpts

Stannard, Russell, ed. God for the 21st Century. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000. [For purchase at http://www.templetonpress.org/book.asp?book_id=8]

Berry, Sam. “Did Darwin Kill God.”

Easterbrook, Gregg. “Meaning Makes a Comeback.”

Ellis, George. “Are There Limitations to Science?”

Feit, Carl. “A Revealed But Hidden God.”

Gingerich, Owen. “Ingredients for Life.“

Jeeves, Malcolm. “Whatever Became of the Soul.”

Peacocke, Arthur. “The Disguised Friend: Darwinism and Divinity.”

Polkinghorne, John. “More Than A Body.”

Poole, Michael. “Big and Old and Dark and Cold.”

Rudd, Pauline. “Science and Religion: What Is It All For?”

Stannard, Russell. “Paradoxes in Science and Theology.”

Stoeger, William. “Can God Really Act In Our World and In Our Lives?”

Van Huyssteen, Wentzel. “Evolution: The Key To The Knowledge of God?”

Van Till, Howard. “Why Does the Universe Work?”

Watts, Fraser. “Brain Science and Religious Experience.”

Web Links

SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Collins, Francis S. The 'Evidence for Belief': An Interview with Francis Collins. By David Masci. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. http://www.pewforum.org/events/?EventID=178.

National Academy of Sciences. Science, Evolution, and Creation. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11876.

Polkinghorne, John. Divine Action: An Interview with John Polkinghorne. By Lyndon F. Harris. Cross Currents 48, no. 1. http://www.crosscurrents.org/polkinghorne.htm.

Polkinghorne, John. Physicist and Priest: An Interview with John Polkinghorne. By Michael Fitzgerald. The Christian Century 125, no. 1. http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=4274.

THE NEW ATHEISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Cornwell, John. “The Importance of Doubt,” The Guardian, April 30, 2007, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/aug/30/religion.uk.

Davis, Edward B. Science and the Evangelical Mind: What Is the Lay of the Landscape? John Templeton Foundation, Science for Ministry Initiative. http://www.metanexus.net/sfm/whitepapers/davis.pdf.