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"In this accessible and engaging introduction, [John Lennox] guides us through the great debates about science and faith, and offers incisive assessments of the issues." Alister McGrath, Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford
Is the rigorous pursuit of scientific knowledge really compatible with a sincere faith in God?
Building on the arguments put forward in God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?, Prof John Lennox examines afresh the plausibility of a Christian theistic worldview in the light of some of the latest developments in scientific understanding. Prof Lennox focuses on the areas of evolutionary theory, the origins of life and the universe, and the concepts of mind and consciousness to provide a detailed and compelling introduction to the science and religion debate. He also offers his own reasoning as to why he continues to be convinced by a Christian approach to explaining these phenomena.
Robust in its reasoning, but respectful in tone, this book is vital reading for anyone exploring the relationship between science and God.
Preface
PART 1 Surveying the Landscape
1. Introduction 10
2. Matters of Evidence and Faith 19
3. A Historical Perspective: The Forgotten Roots of Science and Arguments from Design 26
PART 2 Science and Explanation
4. Science, its Presuppositions, Scope, and Methodology 62
5. Worldviews and Their Relation to Science: Naturalism and its Shortcomings 87
6. Theism and its Relationship to Science: God of Gaps, Complexity of God, and Miracles 110
PART 3 Understanding the Universe and Life
7. Understanding the Universe: The Beginning and Fine-Tuning 140
8. The Wonder of the Living World 157
9. The Genetic Code 170
10. A Matter of Information 186
11. Algorithmic Information Theory 192
12. Life’s Solution: Self-Organization? 207
PART 4 The Modern Synthesis
13. Life’s Solution: Evolution? 218
14. Evolution: Asking Hard Questions 231
15. The Nature and Scope of Evolution 241
16. Natural Selection 260
17. The Edge of Evolution 271
18. The Mathematics of Evolution 280
PART 5 The Information Age
19. Systems Biology 298
20. The Origin of Information: A Word-Based World 315
21. Brain, Mind, and the Quantum World 348
Epilogue: Beyond Science But Not Beyond Reason 365
Notes 375
Index 395