“Transhumanism and the Image of God” by Jacob Shatzer
Reviewed by Andrew Sloane, January 2022. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019 ISBN 0830852506, paperback, 192 pages, AUD$34-37 Many people would see Transhumanism, if […]
“Galileo Goes to Jail: And Other Myths about Science and Religion” by Ronald L. Numbers (ed.)
Reviewed by Robert Brennan, 2022 Galileo Goes to Jail: And Other Myths about Science and Religion by Ronald L. Numbers (ed.) Cambridge: Harvard […]
“Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict” by James Ungureanu
Reviewed by Robert Brennan, 2022 Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict by James C. Ungureanu Pittsburgh: University of […]
Review of “The Faraday Papers”
Review of “The Faraday Papers” (various authors) Ian Hore-Lacy, August 2010, updated January 2021. Download PDF The Faraday Papers (Faraday Papers 1-20 […]
Reflections on quantum physics, mathematics and atheism
16th September, 2020 Past ISCAST fellow Nick Hawkes reflects in these three articles on the significance of quantum physics for mathematics, atheism […]
Review of “Creation or Evolution: Do We Have To Choose?” by Denis Alexander
22 February, 2020 Creation or Evolution: Do We Have To Choose? by Denis Alexander (Monarch 2008) Monarch Books, Oxford, 2008 288 pp. ISBN: […]
Review of “Confronting Religious Denial of Science” by Catherine M. Wallace
7 December, 2019 Review of Confronting Religious Denial of Science: Christian Humanism and the Moral Imagination by Catherine M. Wallace. Review by Jonathan M. […]
Review of “It Keeps Me Seeking”
17 September, 2019 Review of It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy and Religion, by Andrew Briggs, Hans Halvorson and […]
Ian Harper’s book reviewed in The Melbourne Anglican
ISCAST fellow Ian Harper recently published Confessions of a Meddlesome Economist. It was reviewed by Phil Dolan in the July 2019 edition […]
“The Demon in the Machine…” Review
23 August, 2019 Review of The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life […]
Passion, Imagination and Creativity in Science, Story, Music and Art
Book review by Alan Gijsbers of Tom McLeish’s The Poetry and Music of Science. OUP. 2019. 355 pages. Tom McLeish, an ISCAST […]
“Hostility to Hospitality…” Review
In this extended book review of Hostility to Hospitality: Spirituality and Professional Socialization within Medicine published in the Christian Journal for Global Health, […]
Review of “Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science” by Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight
Download a pdf of the review here For other reviews, visit the Journal reviews page here Review of Adam and the Genome: […]
Review of “Going ‘Green’—Forests, Fire and a Flawed Conservation Culture,” by Mark Poynter
This review, by ISCAST fellow Ian Hore-Lacy, affirms Mark Poynter’s view about Australian forest management that “culpable high-level ignorance threatens not just […]
An Empty Bucket: Review of “Conjuring the Universe” by Peter Atkins
21 March, 2019 A review by Nick Mattiske of Conjuring the Universe by Peter Atkins, Oxford University Press, 2018 If the universe […]
“A Foot Wide on the Edge of Nowhere” by Helen Joynt
Long time ISCASTian Helen Joynt has just published a missionary biography about her parents. ISCAST Fellow Brian Edgar reviewed it, saying: “A […]
Evolving opinions about evolution and creation
“The way you ask someone about human origins will play a substantial role in the type of response you receive.” That’s the conclusion of […]
Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows
NASA has published an article concerning a recent study about the recent increase in global leaf area – and humanity’s involvement therein. […]
Prayer and Entangled Quantum States
Ranjit A. Thuraisingham The author is a theoretical chemist who holds a PhD in molecular quantum mechanics from the University of Cambridge, […]
Review of ISCAST Patron Graeme Clark’s biography
See here at Eternity News for a review of Mark Worthing’s biography of ISCAST patron Graeme Clark. Mark is an ISCAST fellow and the review […]
Design and Evolution: A mechanic looks at the mechanistic world
By Ross Macmillan Ross Macmillan is Senior Fellow in Agricultural Engineering, University of Melbourne and a Fellow of ISCAST. Ross has qualifications […]
Book Review: Thoughtful Theism
A work of calmness and clarity, Thoughtful Theism speaks directly to our age’s uneasy relationship to religion. It lives up to its […]
ISCAST Board devotional, October 16 2018: ISCAST and the Kingdom of God
ISCAST Board Devotional, 16 October 2018, by ISCAST Secretary, Richard Gijsbers Download pdf Christians and Nature The Promised Land that Abram and […]
Inevitable Humans or Improbable Destinies? Reflections on Darwin, Dawkins, Conway Morris and the selectionist/adaptionist fallacy
Frank W Nicholas September 2018 Download PDF In this article, sparked by the publication last year of Improbable Destinies by Jonathan B. […]
The Science–Faith Relationship and Its Impact on Students in Australian Christian Secondary Schools
The Science-Faith Relationship and Its Impact on Students in Australian Christian Secondary Schools Katherine Bensted, August 2018 Download PDF The Science–Faith […]
Opinion: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God? I don’t think so.
Do the heavens declare the glory of God? Fergus McGinley wrestles, in this provocative opinion piece, with the scientific understanding of a […]
Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, Issue 2.2
Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, Issue 2.2, edited by Daniel S. Diffey, Ryan A. Brandt, Justin McLendon Read more
Book Review—How I changed my mind about evolution
Review of How I Changed My Mind About Evolution edited by Kathryn Applegate and J. B. StumpMichael Smith, October 2017.Download PDF Review […]
Book Review—Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and Biologos
Review of Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos, edited by Kenneth Keathley, J B Stump and Joe […]
Book Review—Old-Earth or evolutionary creation?
Review of Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos, edited by Kenneth Keathley, J B Stump and […]
Book review – Evolution and the Fall
Review of Evolution and the Fall, edited by William T. Cavanaugh and James K. A. Smith. Chris McNeill, September 2017. REVIEW OF […]
Book Review—Let There Be Science
Review of David Hutchings and Tom McLeish’s book ‘Let There Be Science‘Chris McNeill, July 2017. Download PDF Review of Let There […]
Book Review—Silence: A Christian Theology
Alan Gijsbers May 2017 Download review (210 KB) Book Review—Silence: A Christian Theology by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Viking, 2013. 338pp. Alan Gijsbers is […]
Book Review—The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt the Lost Hero of Science
Alan Gijsbers May 2017 Download review (218 KB) Book Review—The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt the Lost […]
Book Review – From Terra Nullius to Beloved Companion: Reimagining Land in Australia
Ian Hore-Lacy April 2017 Download review (97 KB) Book Review – From Terra Nullius to Beloved Companion: Reimagining Land in Australia, by […]
Book Review—Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics
John Pilbrow April 2017 Download review (129 KB) Book Review—Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics by Roger Trigg, Templeton Press, West Conshohocken […]
Christian Voices in the Environment Debate
Christian Voices in the Environment Debate Richard W Gijsbers, November 2016 Download PDF Christian Voices in the Environment Debate Richard W. Gijsbers […]
Contextual Approaches in the Dialogue between Theology and Science
E El-Mahassni, Mar 2016 Download PDF Contextual Approaches in the Dialogue between Theology and Science and their Implications for Understanding the Development […]
Book Reviews—Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis
Below are two reviews of this book, provided by Will Jones and EFAC (by David Seccombe) respectively. We are very grateful to […]