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Knowing the Other through prayer
In The Guardian: “We are impoverished when we discount the evidence of our own experience merely because it is not ‘scientific’”, writes Brian Conway.
Review – The Spirituality of Science
Review – The Spirituality of Science: How Science Strengthens Faith in God, Norton Herbst & Gabe Lyons (DVD & book, Zondervan, 2010)
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Test of FAITH interview clips – John Polkinghorne Click here
These are the first of many new clips that will be posted on www.testoffaith.com and YouTube over the coming months.
Complex Islamic response to evolution emerges from study
Educated Muslims vary widely in their approach to evolutionary theory but their views could gel within the next few years, a researcher has found.
SciDev.Net (Science and Development Network), T. V. Padma, 29 June 2011.
Top Ten Peacemakers in the Science-Religion Wars
Science writer and teacher Paul Wallace argues: “This year has marked, I believe, the beginning of the end of the war between science and religion.”
The search for the God particle goes beyond mere physics
'The wild improbability of a universe that allows us to be aware of it seems to demand some explanation.' writes Michael Gerson in this Opinion column in the Washington Post.
Report finds Australian students are ditching science
The proportion of Australian students studying science in Year 12 has almost halved in the past two decades, with a report from the saying teenagers find the subject boring.
Plantinga argues for deep concord between theistic religion and science
In an interview with Christianity Today, acclaimed philosopher of religion Alvin Plantinga discusses his new book, which extensively engages with the proposition that there's superficial conflict but deep concord between theistic religion and science:
"In certain areas, the right word would be alleged conflict. For example, I argue that there's no real conflict between evolutionary theory—that is, the scientific theory of evolution apart from any naturalistic spin—and what C. S. Lewis called "mere Christianity."
Higgs boson: the particle of faith
There are parallels between the search for the ‘God particle’ and the search for God Himself, writes Alister McGrath.
Mixed report card for environment
Current government spending has been unable to arrest Australia's alarming decline in native animal and plant populations, one of the biggest probes into our environmental health has found.
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