Christianity and the age of the earth (Contemporary evangelical perspectives)

Religion & Spirituality

Young, Davis A.

Religious Studies

Zondervan Pub. House

Mind over Magma chronicles the scientific effort to unravel the mysteries of rocks that solidified on or beneath Earth's surface from the intensely hot, molten material called magma. The first-ever comprehensive history of the study of such igneous rocks, it traces the development of igneous petrology from ancient descriptions of volcanic eruptions to recent work incorporating insights from physical chemistry, isotope studies, and fluid dynamics.
 Intellectual developments in the field--from the application of scientific methods to the study of rocks to the discovery of critical data and the development of the field's major theories--are considered within their broader geographical, social, and technological contexts. Mind over Magma examines the spread of igneous petrology from western Europe to North America, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and much of the rest of the world. It considers the professionalization and Anglicization of the field, detailing changes in publication outlets, the role of women, and the influence of government funding. The book also highlights the significant role that technological developments--including the polarizing microscope, high-temperature quenching furnaces, and instrumental analysis--have played in the discovery of new data and development of revolutionary insights into the nature of igneous rocks.
 Both an engagingly told story and a major reference, Mind over Magma is the only available history of this important field. As such, it will be appreciated by petrologists, geochemists, and other geologists as well as by those interested in the history of science.

Mind over Magma: The Story of Igneous Petrology

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Princeton University Press

John Calvin and the Natural World

This work focuses on a rarely noted side of the Protestant reformer John Calvin: the theologian as a man appreciative of the details of God's creation, an admirer of those who investigate nature, and a leader that accepted their discoveries and conclusions. John Calvin and the Natural World explores the content of Calvin's scientific outlook by reviewing his views on the structure of the cosmos; the nature of matter and motion; weather; the age, shape, place, and history of the Earth; and the behaviors and characteristics of animals, plants, the human body, and disease. Also drawn out, are the classical, biblical, and medieval influences on Calvin's ideas about nature.Professor Davis A. Young concludes the work with a discussion of Calvin's attitudes, practices, and ideas with respect to science in comparison to how these ideas are carried out in the contemporary church. Professor Young surmises that the judicious application of Calvin's principle of accommodation would help the church to deal in a more thoughtful and balanced way in respect to science and nature, and to defuse some of the rancorous debates surrounding the age of the Earth, flood geology, and evolution.

History

University Press of America

Creation and the flood: An alternative to flood geology and theistic evolution

Baker Book House

Using the biblical flood as an example, Young contends that the church has not always handled evidence well in grappling with scientific matters and issues a call to biblical scholars to interpret the Genesis text more rigorously in light of current scientific knowledge.

The Biblical Flood: A Case Study of the Church's Response to Extrabiblical Evidence

Christian Books & Bibles

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

Science Held Hostage: What's Wrong With Creation Science and Evolutionism

Science Held Hostage: What's Wrong With Creation Science and Evolutionism

Van Till, Howard J.

Menninga, Clarence

Intervarsity Pr

Is the Earth relatively young or very old? We've all heard the controversy. The consensus regarding the age of the Earth, based on the best geological evidence, is that it is billions of years old. But many Christians believe that the Bible teaches the Earth is only a few thousand years old at best. What are we to make of this discrepancy? Geologists Davis Young and Ralph Stearley tackle this issue head-on. Thoroughly examining historical, biblical, geological and philosophical perspectives, the amply illustrated Bible, Rocks and Time takes a comprehensive and authoritative look at the key issues related to the Earth's antiquity.

The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth

Stearley, Ralph F.

IVP Academic

Using the biblical flood as an example, Young contends that the church has not always handled evidence well in grappling with scientific matters and issues a call to biblical scholars to interpret the Genesis text more rigorously in light of current scientific knowledge. Young has done a thorough search of theological literature to show how the biblical flood has been viewed by Christians throughout the history of the Church. He also gives a good analysis of extra-biblical evidence, such as archaeology, geology, historical writings, and biogeography. Current opposition to this evidence is similar to the resistance to Galileo's non-geocentric model of the world. Young shows how such evidence has been previously used to explain the Bible.

The biblical Flood: A case study of the Church's response to extrabiblical evidence

Paternoster Press

Dr. Davis A Young a scientist with outstanding academic credentials and a thoroughly orthodox evangelical Christian has presented in this volume solid and convincing evidence for the thesis that the earth is an extremely old planet created by God. This book demonstrates how well-meaning creationist (Dr. Young is also a creationist in the term) have misrepresented the evidence of geology in their attempt to argue that the earth is only a few thousand years old. It is important in our time to give serious consideration to both biblical and scientific evidence. In this book Dr. Young carefully examines the evidence and finds that it does not support the young-earth view. Because of the literature advancing biblical catastrophism the interest of Christian layman and attempts to introduce the catastrophist view of earth history into public school curricula the Christian community should seriously consider this issue of the age of the earth. Does the biblical and scientific evidence support the idea that the earth is extremely young or does the evidence indicate otherwise? Has the earth experienced a brief sudden catastrophic history dominated by a single global flood or has it's history been vastly longer and somewhat less spectacular? In this book the author examines some of the evidence of nature that relates to the age of the earth. Part I of the book surveys the history of Christian thought with regard to the age of the earth. Part II deals with the stratigraphy sedimentation the Flood radiometric dating the earth's magnetic field and geochemical arguments. Part III is an appeal to the facts that make the young-earth view untenable. Dr. Young firmly believes that the continued promotion of the young-earth view will in the long run damage the credibility of Christianity and thus hinder our evangelistic and apologetic efforts. Paperback 188 pages

Christianity and the Age of the Earth

Artisan Pub

N. L. Bowen & Crystallization-Differentiation: The Evolution of a Theory (Monograph Series Volume 4)

Mineralogical Society of Amer

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