7 Days: Reading Genesis in a Scientific Age
Confessions of a Lapsed Atheist
Alister McGrath is the Oxford University Professor of Science & Religion. As a former atheist, McGrath is respectful yet critical of the movement. In recent years, he has been especially interested in the emergence of “scientific atheism”, and has researched the distinctive approach to atheist apologetics found in the writings of the Oxford zoologist and scientific popularizer Richard Dawkins. He regularly engages in debate and dialogue with leading atheists, and is presently researching the iconic role played by Charles Darwin in atheist apologetics, and the appeal to the controversial and problematic concept of the “meme” in recent atheist accounts of the origins of belief in God.
Looking to the Heavens
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is a leading astrophysicist. She has degrees from MIT and Harvard. She discovered a comet, which is now named after her. And she believes in God.In an age where science and faith are often viewed as opposites, Dr. Wiseman offers a unique perspective.
The Song of Creation
What if there’s another way to look the Creation story? If we look at Genesis 1 from different angles, is it possible that science & faith could actually line up? Is it possible to be a modern, educated, scientifically-minded suburbanite AND believe that this is the very Word of God?
How Reading Genesis as an Ancient Text Solves our Modern Scientific Problems
Genesis was written to an ancient Bronze Age people. Once we understand this, it solves a lot of our modern scientific problems with this text.
The Origin of Man
Genesis 2 gives us a compelling vision of who we are.
What's the Matter with People?
The Curse
How a piece of fruit and a talking snake give a compelling (& surprisingly comprehensive) explanation of our lives and our world.
True Paradox
The Christian faith offers plausible explanations for the central puzzles of our existence, such as our capacity for idea-making, our experience of beauty and suffering, and our inability to create a just social order. When compared with materialism or other sets of beliefs, Christianity provides a more comprehensive framework for understanding human life as we actually live it.
Cain and Abel: What Have We Become?
In Genesis 4, we get our first glimpse of life "east of Eden." This well-know story of brother killing brother shows us what we become when we attempt to live apart from God and reveals the fundamental temptations that separate us one another.
