Dinosaurs, Volcanoes, and Holy Writ
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Dinosaurs, Volcanoes, and Holy Writ

A Boy-Turned-Scientist Journeys from Fundamentalism to Faith

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dinosaurs, Volcanoes, and Holy Writ

A Boy-Turned-Scientist Journeys from Fundamentalism to Faith

About this book

An earnest young boy who loves nature grows up the son of a fundamentalist pastor. He goes to college, trains as a biologist, and becomes a successful university professor. In the process he finds some of the religious beliefs that carried him through childhood and adolescence indefensible in the face of evidence from biology and geology--and even from Scripture itself. What's he to do? This is the journey of a boy-turned-scientist who finds a path away from "the idols of fundamentalism" and toward a universe rich with process, intrigue, and mystery. Along the way, he discovers a faith consistent with physical reality, one open to beauty, kindness, and hope.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Prologue
  3. When I Was a Child
  4. Adolescent Adventist
  5. Young Creationist
  6. Learning to Think
  7. Chasing Credentials
  8. Teaching Life
  9. Learning Firsthand
  10. Parsing the Word
  11. Dividing the Earth
  12. Gauging Time
  13. History Writ Large
  14. What about Home?
  15. Life Changes
  16. Voyage of Discovery
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Bibliography