Science & Christianity -- selected bibliography

Science, Chance, Providence, and Miracles:

• Science and Providence by John Polkinghorne. Shambhala Publications (1989), Boston, MA.
• Science, Chance, and Providence by Donald MacKay. Oxford University Press (1978), Oxford, England.
• The Open Mind and other essays by Donald MacKay, InterVarsity Press (1988), Leicester, England.

Analysis of the Origins Debate:

• Portraits of Creation by Howard Van Till et. al. W.B. Eerdmans (1990), Grand Rapids, MI.
• Battle of the Beginnings by Delvin Ratzsch. InterVarsity Press (1996), Downers Grove, IL.
• Science Held Hostage by Howard VanTill, Davis Young, and Clarence Menninga. InterVarsity Press (1988), Downers Grove, IL.
• The Creationists by Ronald Numbers. Alfred A. Knopf Press (1992), New York, NY.
• Creation and Time by Hugh Ross. NavPress (1994), Colorado Springs, CO.
• God Did It, But How? by Robert B. Fischer. ASA Press (1997), Ipswich, MA.
• Teaching Science in a Climate of Controversy, published by the ASA Press.

Hermeneutics:

• The Message of Genesis 1-11 by David Atkinson. InterVarsity Press (1997), Downers Grove, IL.
• The Meaning of Creation: Genesis and Modern Science by Conrad Hyers. John Knox Press (1984).

Genetic Engineering:

• The Outer Limits of Life by John Medina. Oliver-Nelson Books (1991), Nashville TN.
• On the New Frontiers of Genetics and Religion by J. Robert Nelson. W.B. Eerdmans (1994), Grand Rapids, MI.

Suggested readings on the brain and consciousness:

• "The Problem of Consciousness" by Francis Crick and Christof Koch, in Scientific American 1997 special issue "Mysteries of the Mind" p.19-26.
• "The Puzzle of Conscious Experience" by David Chalmers. ibid p.30-37.
• The Humanizing Brain: Where Religion and Neuroscience Meet by James B. Ashbrook and Carol Rausch Albright. Pilgrim Press (1997) Cleveland, OH.

Suggested readings about biochemistry and behavior:

• "Seeking the Criminal Element" by W. Wayt Biggs. ibid p.102-110.
• "One Pill Makes You Larger, One Pill Makes You Small" by Sharon Begley, in Newsweek February 7, 1994 p.37-40.
• "The Biology of Violence" by Robert Wright, in The New Yorker March 13, 1995 p.68-77
• Listening to Prozac by Peter D. Kramer. Viking, New York, 1993.
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver W. Sacks. Harper, New York, 1990.

Christian perspective on neuroscience:

• The Open Mind by Donald M. Mackay. Intervarsity Press, Leicester, England, 1988. Chapters 1 and 5, p.13-19, 45-53.
• "Matthew 10:28 -- Monism, Reductionalism, Functionalism & Self" by Rev. Linsay Cullen. (http://www.netmatters.co.uk/users/linz.cullen/)
• "Nice People or New Men" in Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Macmillan, New York, 1984.

Miscellaneous:

• Being a Christian in Science by Walter R. Hearn. InterVarsity Press (1997), Downers Grove, IL.
• Cross-currents: Interactions Between Science and Faith by colin A. Russell. InterVarisity Press (1985), Leicester, England.

(Last updated 1999 August 12)