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What does the gospel have to do with biology?

I didn’t study Biology for A Level. Didn’t get off to the best start, right? Somehow my Chemistry …

What does the gospel have to do with geology?

What does the gospel have to do with geology?

In the centre of Zurich, Switzerland, there is a large church (a “minster”) with unusual windows. …

What does the gospel have to do with mathematics?

What does the gospel have to do with mathematics?

Conversation 1: “What do you study?” “Maths.” “Ah I love Maths!”

What does the gospel have to do with physics?

What does the gospel have to do with physics?

Ok, let’s start with the classic stats. (They’re just so good.) There are at least one hundred …

What does the gospel have to do with psychology?

What does the gospel have to do with psychology?

Psychology is a diverse subject. When I was a student, it was common for friends to joke about …

What is science for?

What is science for?

Try Googling ‘Science and Christianity’ – the next word in the auto-suggest list is ‘conflict’. Hit …

Science and the quest for truth

Science and the quest for truth

At his trial, when Jesus was interrogated by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, he replied, “For …

Book review: Enriching our Vision of Reality

Book review: Enriching our Vision of Reality

The standard assumption of our society is that science and Christianity do not go together. Either …

Science and the God who speaks

Science and the God who speaks

The word of God, according to Hebrews 1, is the means by which God upholds all things. While …

Word Alive 2019: Worshipping God through science

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Word Alive 2019: Worshipping God through science

Ruth Bancewicz unpacks some of the background to the history and philosophy of science, and shows …

Book review: Maximum Life

Book review: Maximum Life

What does living as a Christian look like for you? Have you ever felt like God wasn’t interested in …

The eternal significance of a career in science

The eternal significance of a career in science

For some, the investment of energy in full time church work is held up as being of greater eternal …

Tackling difficult questions

Tackling difficult questions

As I write, Noah’s ark has arrived for a three month stay in Ipswich docks. A half size replica of …

Yes, you can be a Christian and accept evolution

Yes, you can be a Christian and accept evolution

Yes, you can be a Christian and accept evolution. Is that a controversial way to start this …

Can an evolutionary biologist believe in purpose?

Can an evolutionary biologist believe in purpose?

“As far as we can tell from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning. …

Book review: Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?

Book review: Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?

The title of Denis Alexander’s book reflects a tension felt by many Christian students starting out …

Book review: The Lost World of Adam and Eve

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Book review: The Lost World of Adam and Eve

What is Genesis 1-3 actually about? It’s an important question for theologians, for scientists …

Start here, but don’t get stuck here: What I learned from spending a term in Genesis 1-3

Start here, but don’t get stuck here: What I learned from spending a term in Genesis 1-3

Genesis is a book that says, ‘start here’. If we want to understand the world around us and our …

Is my faith just a by-product of evolution?

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Is my faith just a by-product of evolution?

Speaking at a Science Network online event in December 2020, Prof. Justin Barrett addresses the …

Is my felt experience just brain activity?

Is my felt experience just brain activity?

It’s Monday morning. I am in a local coffee shop, queueing for a flat white. Music is playing in …

Did Darwin make atheism credible?

Did Darwin make atheism credible?

Imagine that my wife and I walk into our living room one morning to find that our son’s toy box has …

Is there anything that makes humans special?

Is there anything that makes humans special?

Homo sapiens is a remarkable species and knows it. The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of …

Animal experiments: are they worth the cost?

Animal experiments: are they worth the cost?

A friend of mine once declared a slightly odd, but surprisingly reasonable, opinion: “If you …

Unselfish gardeners: Christianity and the environment

Unselfish gardeners: Christianity and the environment

Human degradation of the natural environment is a great tragedy of our time. One of its major …

From head to heart: Christianity and climate change

From head to heart: Christianity and climate change

I was born, raised and educated in South Africa, before leaving to put my knowledge, and love for, …

Hope in the global ecological crisis

Hope in the global ecological crisis

At the start of each academic year, I ask my conservation biology students why they have chosen the …

Book review: Blue Planet, Blue God

Book review: Blue Planet, Blue God

The sea is something that we rarely consider in our everyday lives, but it is so vast and shapes so …

Gospel-shaped scholarship: an example from ecology

Gospel-shaped scholarship: an example from ecology

Elsewhere on this site, Darren Evans has shown how Christians have important roles to play in …

Forum 2022: Hasn’t science killed atheism?

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Forum 2022: Hasn’t science killed atheism?

“Scientific advances have made God irrelevant”. It’s a familiar objection – but in this pair of …

Is there enough evidence to believe?

Is there enough evidence to believe?

I recently sat with a friend who said that if God would stamp his hand right now with some sign …

As a scientist, can I really take the miraculous claims of the Bible seriously?

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As a scientist, can I really take the miraculous claims of the Bible seriously?

Speaking at a Science Network online event in November 2020, Dr Denis Alexander addresses the …

If science explains the origin of the universe, do I still need God?

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If science explains the origin of the universe, do I still need God?

Speaking at a Science Network online event in October 2020, Dr Alexander Fink addresses the …

Is there a multiverse and does it matter?

Is there a multiverse and does it matter?

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a creative movie released in 2022 playing with the possibility …

Will we ever find a theory of everything?

Will we ever find a theory of everything?

What if there was an answer to the biggest questions of the universe? An explanation for the …

Why scientism actually undermines science

Why scientism actually undermines science

According to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this is the answer to the ultimate question of …

Book review: The Life We’re Looking For

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Book review: The Life We’re Looking For

The technology that surrounds us has given us incredible power, yet it so often leaves us …

Word Alive 2022: Science and the future of humanity

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Word Alive 2022: Science and the future of humanity

In every age, technology has shaped how we see ourselves. With this in mind, we’ll unpack what the …

Responding to Homo Deus: challenges for the 21st century

Responding to Homo Deus: challenges for the 21st century

‘For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than eating too little; …

Discussion questions: Matters of Life and Death

Author Professor John Wyatt has kindly provided these dicussion questions especially for Science …

The antivax movement: a Christian response

The antivax movement: a Christian response

2020 will forever be known as the year that the world shut down. SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, …

Book review: Galileo’s Daughter

Book review: Galileo’s Daughter

Galileo’s Daughter is a beautiful and well researched account of the renowned and legendary …

Hildegard of Bingen: medieval mother of science

Hildegard of Bingen: medieval mother of science

‘Glance at the sun. See the moon and the stars. Gaze at the beauty of earth’s greenings. Now, …

Robert Boyle: the Sceptical Chymist

Robert Boyle: the Sceptical Chymist

Today, scientists take pride in scepticism. It is the sort of quality which makes you good at …

Asa Gray: defending Darwin

Asa Gray: defending Darwin

“On the Origin of Species” was one of the most influential scientific works of the 19th century. It …

What Einstein got right about science and religion (and a lot he got wrong)

What Einstein got right about science and religion (and a lot he got wrong)

If someone asked you to name the most famous scientist you can think of, I’d bet that nine times …

Book review: God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse

Book review: God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse

Hawking was not a man to avoid explaining complex ideas to the general public. His book ‘A Brief …

Empiricism and the incarnation: how the scientific method helps us understand Christmas

Empiricism and the incarnation: how the scientific method helps us understand Christmas

How do you feel when you’re proven wrong about something? Imagine you’re sat around on …

The cross, the tomb, and the scientist