Deus Misereatur

  Why is there such a tussle between Science and Christianity? Are there any possible ways that faith and science can pull together and complement each other, or will they always be at each other’s throat, hammers-and-tongs? Hans Madueme, professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, addresses these issues and more in a new, easy to grasp 96-page softback, “Does Science Make God Irrelevant?” This part of The Gospel Coalition’s “Hard Questions” series and published by Crossway. Madueme’s aim is to hand young Christians who love Jesus and science a useful, hope-filled booklet that shows how science “and faith are intimate friends” (3), and I think he hits his target.   The author shows how the contemporary idea that science and faith have always been enemies is false. He then explains how Christian assumptions actually make science possible. Next the author clarifies the tensions between science and miracles in Scripture. And finally, he ...

Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenges of Evolution and the Natural Sciences Hans Madueme Baker Academic BakerAcademic.com ISBN: 9780801098000; May 2024; $36.99   It often feels weird to be part of something so old school as to actually believe that God specifically created all things out of nothing. Or that humankind is actually not part of a long and natural process of climbing upward out of a millions-of-years evolving framework. Especially when scientists assume it, academicians presume it, Psychologists accept it, and an increasing number of Christian scholars and theologians try hard to make it a suitable part of Christianity. Recently Hans Madueme has come to the aid of those of us who feel like we’re in the weird group with his 368-page paperback, “Defending Sin: A Response to the Challenges of Evolution and the Natural Sciences”. Madueme is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and senior editor of Sapientia . T...