Science and Its Limits: Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective - Softcover

Ratzsch, D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0851114660 ISBN 13: 9780851114668

Publisher: Apollos, 2000

Synopsis

<p>Science, especially naturalistic science, has come under fire of late. No longer does it command the near universal respect it once held. From the right has come a fresh attack on Darwinism and arguments for intelligent design. From the left postmodernist theorists have attacked the very notion of objective truth claims, scientific or otherwise.<br>Into the fray Del Ratzsch breathes a breath of calm. He asks, What is science? What can it tell us? What can it not tell us? What challenges does it offer to Christian faith? How should a Christian respond?</p>

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About the Author

Del Ratzsch earned a PhD in philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. He is professor of philosophy at Calvin College and author of The Philosophy of Science, as well as several other books. Much of Ratzsch's work over the last seventeen years at Calvin College has sought to relate science and religion (and more recently creation and evolution) in a way that is philosophically informed, scientifically defensible and theologically meaningful. Although Ratzsch is optimistic that design theory can avoid past mistakes in the creation-evolution controversy, he stresses that fundamental clarifying work remains to be done in this area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apollos
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851114660
• ISBN 13: 9780851114668
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 180