READING LIST ON CHRISTIANITY, SCIENCE
                            AND "CREATION SCIENCE"



       Barbour, Ian.  ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION.  Harper, 1966.
            -Classic work covering a lot of ground.

       Bube, Richard H.  THE HUMAN QUEST:  A NEW LOOK AT SCIENCE AND THE
         CHRISTIAN FAITH.  Word, 1971.
            -By a well known evangelical apologist.
            
       Burke, Derek; ed.  CREATION AND EVOLUTION.  InterVarsity, 1985.
            -Debate format between proponents of "creation science"
            and scientifically trained Evangelical opponents of
            same.  (A title in the series "When Christians
            Disagree.")

       Frye, Ronald M.; ed.  IS GOD A CREATIONIST?:  THE RELIGIOUS CASE
         AGAINST CREATION SCIENCE.  Scribner's, 1983.
            -Essays by various Christians collectively critiquing
            the "creation science" approach to science and biblical
            interpretation.

       Gilkey, Langdon.  MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:  THE CHRISTIAN
         DOCTRINE OF CREATION IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE.
         Doubleday, 1959.
            -A thorough study of the doctrine of creation.

       -----.  CREATIONISM ON TRIAL:  EVOLUTION AND GOD AT LITTLE ROCK.
         Winston Press, 1985.
            -A participating theologian's account of the trial of
            the Arkansas "balanced treatment" for "creation science"
            law.  Includes valuable ruminations throughout, and in
            concluding chapters, on science and religion in modern
            society.

       Gillispie, Charles Coulston.  GENESIS AND GEOLOGY:  A STUDY IN THE
         RELATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT, NATURAL THEOLOGY, AND SOCIAL
         OPINION IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1790-1850.  Harper, 1959.
            -A valuable standard work.  See also, Porter '77.

       Godfrey, Laurie R.; ed.  SCIENTISTS CONFRONT CREATIONISTS.
         Norton, 1983.
            -An excellent scientific critique of "creation science"
            in an anthology format.

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       Hooykaas, R.  RELIGION AND THE RISE OF MODERN SCIENCE.  Eerdmans,
         1972.
            -Argues that religion (esp. creation doctrine) provided
            an impetus to the scientific revolution.  For a critique
            see Rolf Gruner, "Science, Nature and Christianity,"
            JOURNAL OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, 26:55-81, 1975.

       Hyers, Conrad.  THE MEANING OF CREATION:  GENESIS AND MODERN
         SCIENCE.  John Knox, 1984.
            -Theology and cosmology of Genesis.  Argues that any
            attempt to evaluate the "scientific merit" of the Bible
            (whether the purpose is to praise or denigrate) is a
            concession of scripture to science.  Genesis should be
            interpreted in terms of issues and concepts current and
            crucial to its authors, not those developed during the
            scientific revolution.  Criticizes "progressive
            creationism" (Ramm '54 and Young '77) as well as "strict
            creationism."

       Jeeves, Malcolm A.  THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE AND CHRISTIAN FAITH.
         InterVarsity, 1969.
            -The compatibility of science and Christianity.  Based
            on the 1965 International Conference of Science and
            Faith.

       Kitcher, Philip.  ABUSING SCIENCE:  THE CASE AGAINST CREATIONISM.
         MIT Press, 1982.
            -Critique of "creation science" focusing especially on
            the philosophical issues (eg. evolution & ethics pp.
            194-202).

       Lindberg, David C. & Ronald L. Numbers; eds.  GOD AND NATURE:
         HISTORICAL ESSAYS ON THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND
         SCIENCE.  Univ. of Calif., 1986.
            -A superb and well organized collection of essays by
            highly competent scholars.  Numbers' essay on "The
            Creationists" outlines the development of 20th century
            anti-evolutionism.  (A book length history by Numbers is
            reportedly in progress.)

       Livingstone, David N.  DARWIN'S FORGOTTEN DEFENDERS:  THE
         ENCOUNTER BETWEEN EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT.
         Eerdmans, 1987.
            -Shorter work covering some of the same ground as Moore
            '79.

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       Moore, James R.  THE POST DARWINIAN CONTROVERSIES:  A STUDY OF THE
         PROTESTANT STRUGGLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH DARWIN IN GREAT
         BRITAIN AND AMERICA 1870-1900.  Cambridge, 1979.
            -A very important work with the surprising thesis "that
            Darwin's theory was accepted in substance by those whose
            theology was distinctly orthodox, and was not embraced
            by liberal Christians."  This book has a great
            bibliography (which is expanded in the 1981 edition).

       Peacocke, Arthur A.  CREATION AND THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.  Clarendon
         Press, 1979.
            -Going beyond issues of accommodation and relation, with
            which most of the works here listed are concerned,
            Peacocke attempts to fully incorporate modern science
            into theology.

       Porter, Roy.  THE MAKING OF GEOLOGY:  EARTH SCIENCE IN BRITAIN
         1660-1815.  Cambridge, 1977.
            -This standard history is included due to a common, if
            tacit, assumption that "creation science" is merely
            anti-evolutionary.  In truth, its most distinctive
            elements -- "flood geology," a young earth, and so on --
            were falsified and abandoned by the scientific community
            long before Darwin.  (See also:  Gillispie '59, and
            Young '88 chapters 1-5.)  Porter's work also shows that
            pre-Darwinian geologists had little difficulty
            reconciling their findings with their religious beliefs.

       Ramm, Bernard.  THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE.
         Eerdmans, 1954.
            -This attempt to avoid the straitjacket of "hyper-
            orthodoxy" was very influential among evangelicals
            (though not so much, apparently, as the revival of
            Ramm's "hyper-orthodoxy" in the guise of "scientific
            creationism").  Ramm's defense of "progressive
            creationism" is criticized in Hyers pp. 80-92.

       Ratzsch, Del.  PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE:  THE NATURAL SCIENCES IN
         CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE.  InterVarsity, 1986.
            -By a philosophy professor from Calvin College.  A
            volume in the "Contours of Christian Philosophy" series.
            (Aside from its religious thrust, this work is a useful
            introduction to the philosophy of science.)

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       Russel, Colin A.  CROSS-CURRENTS:  INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE
         AND FAITH.  Eerdmans, 1985.
            -A very readable history of science and religion
            emphasizing compatibility.

       Strahler, Arthur N.  SCIENCE AND EARTH HISTORY:  THE EVOLUTION/
         CREATION CONTROVERSY.  Prometheus, 1987.
            -A monographic examination, in textbook format, of the
            scientific issues in the Creation/Evolution controversy.

       Van Till, Howard J.  THE FOURTH DAY:  WHAT THE BIBLE AND THE
         HEAVENS ARE TELLING US ABOUT THE CREATION.  Eerdmans, 1986.
            -"Taking both the Bible and the Cosmos Seriously," Van
            Till argues that the discoveries of modern science and
            the Bible are compatible.  Focus is on his specialty of
            Astronomy.  The creation/evolution controversy is
            discussed incidently throughout, and in a separate
            chapter, as generating "more heat than light."  Brief
            annotated bibliography.

       -----; Davis Young & Clarence Menninga.  SCIENCE HELD HOSTAGE:
         WHAT'S WRONG WITH CREATION SCIENCE *AND* EVOLUTIONISM.
         InterVarsity, 1987.
            -By scientists from Calvin College.  "Creation science"
            is charged with violating the "values of science":
            professional competence, ethical standards in dealing
            with data, and principles of sound judgement in
            evaluating theories.  "Evolutionary Naturalism" is
            accused, in popularizations of science such as Sagan's
            "Cosmos," of violating the "domain of science" by
            fallaciously using science to justify its philosophical
            conclusions.

       Wonderly, D. E.  GOD'S TIME-RECORDS IN ANCIENT SEDIMENTS.  Crystal
         Press, 1977.
            -I have not seen this book, but it is frequently cited
            as a good refutation of young earth creationism and
            flood geology.

       Wright, Richard T.  BIOLOGY THROUGH THE EYES OF FAITH.  Harper &
         Row, 1989.
            -Work in a series cosponsored by the Christian College
            Coalition.

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       Young, Davis A.  CREATION AND THE FLOOD.  Baker, 1977.
            -An evangelical geologist reconciles Genesis and geology
            in a "progressive creation" framework.  (Discussed in
            Hyers '84 pp. 80-92.)

       -----.  CHRISTIANITY AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH.  Zondervan, 1982.
            -A geologist shows that the claims of "young earth"
            creationism and flood geology are falsified by the
            relevant data.  (This book is out of print with
            Zondervan.  Now available from Artisan Sales; P.O. Box
            2497; Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.  $8.50 postpaid per copy;
            ten or more, $4.50 ea.)


       ALSO:


       Issues of the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION, now
       retitled PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND CHRISTIAN FAITH.
            -The ASA is an organization of Evangelical Christians
            with scientific training.  Membership includes both
            progressive creationists and theistic evolutionists of
            various sorts.  Proponents of orthodox "creation
            science" seem to be a distinct minority.  ASA; P.O. Box
            668; Ipswich, MA 01938.

       Beck, Stanely D.  "Natural Science and Creationist Theology,"
         BIOSCIENCE, 32:732-42, 1982.

       Hyers, Conrad.  "The Fall and Rise of Creationism," THE CHRISTIAN
         CENTURY, April 24, 1985.













                                                            --Scott Faust