Like chaos theory, a small departure at the base level results in wildly different outocomes at higher levels. In the same way, a different presupposition will allow equally intelligent people to reach huge sets of different conclusions that are not a result of bad reasoning but of a bad presupposition. A better example. If two explorers head north and south, they will encounter many similar obstacles like rivers and mountains, and they will resolve those challenges using similar reasoning and aptitudes. But with each step, they are traveling further apart, even ad they call upon the same tools.
Like chaos theory, a small departure at the base level results in wildly different outocomes at higher levels. In the same way, a different presupposition will allow equally intelligent people to reach huge sets of different conclusions that are not a result of bad reasoning but of a bad presupposition. A better example. If two explorers head north and south, they will encounter many similar obstacles like rivers and mountains, and they will resolve those challenges using similar reasoning and aptitudes. But with each step, they are traveling further apart, even ad they call upon the same tools.
Like chaos theory, a small departure at the base level results in wildly different outocomes at higher levels. In the same way, a different presupposition will allow equally intelligent people to reach huge sets of different conclusions that are not a result of bad reasoning but of a bad presupposition.
Like chaos theory, a small departure at the base level results in wildly different outocomes at higher levels. In the same way, a different presupposition will allow equally intelligent people to reach huge sets of different conclusions that are not a result of bad reasoning but of a bad presupposition.
FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS & STUDENTS:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TASK OF INTEGRATING
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH INTO THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
The purpose of this selected bibliography is to be an aid and introduction into the subject of integrating the Christian faith into the academic disciplines. We suggest that one begin by reading the books and articles that are cited specifically for academic integration first and then move into the various resources suggested under the headings below. An extensive bibliography for academic integration at this site will be forthcoming.
A. Books on Academic Integration:Malik, Charles. A Christian Critique of the University. Downers Grove Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1982.
________. The Two Tasks. Westchester, IL.: Cornerstore, 1980.
Marsden, George. The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. Oxford: Oxford Press, 1997.
Plantinga, Alvin. The Twin Pillars of Christian Scholarship. (The Stob Lectures) Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College and Seminary, 1990.
________. “On Christian Scholarship” in The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University, Ed. Theodore Hesburgh, Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1994.
C. Selected Bibliography on “Calling” or “Vocation”:
Bernbaum, John and Simon Steer. Why Work?: Careers and Employment in Biblical Perspective. (Baker Book House, 1986) [OP]
Calvin, John. “Vocation,” Institutes of the Christian Religion III.X.VI.
Cotton, John. “Sermons on Calling,” in The Way Of Life, or God’s Way And Course, In Bringing the Soul Into, Keeping It In, And Carrying It On, In The Way Of Life And Peace. (A.M.S. Press, 1983).
Guinness, Os. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. (Word Publishing, 1998).
Hardy, Lee. Fabric of This World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice, and the Design of Human Work. (Eerdmans, 1990)
Helm, Paul. The Callings: The Gospel in the World. (Banner of Truth, 1988).
Marshall, Paul. A Kind of Life Imposed on Man: Vocation and Social Order from Tyndale to Locke. (Banner of Truth, 1996)
Perkins, William. “A Treatise of the Vocations or Callings of Men,” in Ian Breward, ed., The Work of William Perkins. (The Sutton Courtenay Press, 1970).
Ryken, Leland. Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure. (Baker, 1995).
Volf, Miroslav. Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theory of Work. (Oxford, 1991) [OP].
Wingren, Gustaf. Luther on Vocation, trans. by Carl Rasmussen. (Muhlenberg Press, 1957).
D. Books on the Life of the Christian Mind
(of high relevance to academic integration and the Christian world view):
Blamires, Harry. The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? New York: Seabury Press, 1963.
Glaspey, Terry W. Great Books of the Christian Tradition. Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House, 1996.
Holmes, Arthur. Contours of a Worldview. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1983.
________. The Making of a Christian Mind: A Christian World View and the Academic Enterprise. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1985.
Moreland, J.P. Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul. Colorado Springs, CO.: Navpress, 1997.
Noll, Mark A. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Sire, James W. Discipleship of the Mind. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1990.
________. The Universe Next Door: A Basic World View Catalogue. 3rd ed. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Guinness, Os. Fit Bodies, Fat Minds. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
________. The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life. Nashville: Word Publishing, 1998.
E. Books about Science:
Bauman, Michael. Man and Creation: Perspective on Science and Technology. Hillsdale, MI: Hillsdale College Press, 1993.
Behe, Michael J. Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. New York: Free Press, 1996.
Bohlin, Raymond G. and Lane P Lester. The Natural Limits to Biological Change. Dallas, Texas: Probe Books, 1989.
Bradley, Walter, R.L. Olsen, and C. B. Thaxton. The Mystery of Life’s Origins. Dallas, Texas: Lewis and Stanley, 1984.
Bube, Richard. Putting It All Together: Seven Patterns for Relating Science and the Christian Faith. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995.
Craig, William Lane, and Quentin Smith. Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. Oxford: Clarendon, 1993.
Dembski, William A. Mere Creation: Science, Faith, and Intelligent Design. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
Hummel, Charles. The Galileo Connection: Resolving Conflicts between Science and the Bible. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1986.
Johnson, Phillip E. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
________. Reason in the Balance. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1995.
McGrath, Alister E. The Foundations of Dialogue in Science and Religion. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1996.
Moreland, J. P. Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Investigation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Company, 1989.
________, ed. The Creation Hypothesis. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1994.
________. and Ciocchi, David M., eds. Christian Perspectives on Being Human. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.
Polkinghorne, John. Belief in God in an Age of Science. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
________. Quarks, Chaos, and Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion. New York: Crossroad, 1996.
Ratzsch, Del. Philosophy of Science: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1986.
________. The Battle of the Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation- Evolution Debate. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1996.
Ross, Hugh. The Creator and the Cosmos. Colorado Springs, CO.: NavPress, 1993.
_________. The Fingerprint of God. Orange, CA.: Promise Publishing, 1989.
Wright, Richard T. Biology Through the Eyes of Faith. San Francisco: Harper &Row, 1989.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Reason Within the Bounds of Religion. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1984.
Best, Harold. Music Through the Eyes of Faith. San Francisco: Harper, 1983.
Brown, Colin. Christianity and Western Thought. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1990.
Clouse, Robert, ed. Wealth and Poverty: Four Christian Views of Economics. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1984.
Evans, C. Stephen. Preserving the Person. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, (Reprint)1982.
Gallager, Susan and Roger Lundin. Literature Through the Eyes of Faith. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989.
Johnson, Phillip E. Objections Sustained: Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law & Culture. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
Lyon, David. Sociology and the Human Image. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1983.
Marsden, George, and Frank Roberts, eds. A Christian View of History? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.
Milbank, John. Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.
Montgomery, John Warwick. The Shape of the Past. Minneapolis: Bethany, 1975.
________. Where is History Going? Reprint, Minneapolis: Bethany, 1972.
Moreland, J. P., and David M. Ciocchi, eds. Christian Perspectives on Being Human. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993.
Nash, Ronald. Christian Faith and Historical Understanding. Dallas, Texas.: Probe Books, 1984.
________. Freedom, Justice, and the State. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1980.
________. Poverty and Wealth. Dallas, Texas.: Probe Books, 1986.
________. Social Justice and the Christian Church. Milford, MI.: Mott Media, 1983.
________. The Concept of God. Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan, 1983.
________. The Gospel and the Greeks: Did The New Testament Borrow from Pagan Thought? Dallas, Texas.: Probe Books, 1992.
Neuhaus, Richard John. The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy In America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.
Olasky, Marvin. Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 1988.
Stone, Ronald H., Ed. Reformed Faith and Politics. Washington, D. C.: University Press of America, 1983.
________. Telling the Truth: How to Revitalize Christian Journalism. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 1996.
Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: A Christian Looks at the Changing Face of Psychology. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1983.
Vitz, Paul. Psychology As Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Wells, Ronald. History Through the Eyes of Faith. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Art in Action: A Christian Aesthetic. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1980.
________. Until Justice and Peace Embrace. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1983.
________. Works and Worlds of Art. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980.
I. Philosophy Books (and references) Helpful for Academic Integration:
Epistemology:
Clark, Kelly James. Return to Reason: A Critique of Enlightenment Evidentialism and a Defense of Reason and Belief in God. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans Publishing, 1990.
Evans, C. Stephen and Westphal, Merold, eds. Christian Perspectives on Religious Knowledge. Grand Rapids, MI.: 1993.
Geivett, R. Douglas, and Sweetman, Brendan, eds. Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology. New York: Oxford Press, 1992.
Plantinga, Alvin. Warrant and Proper Function. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
________. Warrant the Current Debate. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Wolfe, David L. Epistemology: The Justification of Belief. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1982.
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Reason Within the Bounds of Religion. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI.: Eerdmans, 1984.
Metaphysics:
Alston, William. A Realist Conception of Truth. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1996.
Hart, Hendrik. Understanding Our World: An Integral Ontology. Landham, MD.: University Press of America, 1984.
Hasker, William. Metaphysics: Constructing a World View. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1983.
Grossmann, Reinhardt. The Existence of World: An Introduction to Ontology. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Moreland, J. P. Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Investigation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Company, 1989.
Ethics:
Budziszewki, J. Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law. Downers Grove, Il.: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Grenz, Stanley. Sexual Ethics: An Evangelical Perspective. Louisville, KY.: Westminster John Knox Press, 1990.
Jones, D.C. Biblical Christian Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Books, 1994.
Pojman, Louis P. Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1995.
Rae, S. B. and Wong, K.L. (Eds.) Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics. Grand Rapids, MI., 1996.
Logic:
Copi, Irving M. Introduction to Logic. 7th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.
Geisler, Norman and Ronald Brooks. Come Let Us Reason: An Introduction to Logical Thinking. Grand Rapids, MI.: Baker Book House, 1990.
Miller, Richard W. Study Guide to Introduction to Logic (Copi). 7th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.
Philosophical References:
Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Edwards, Paul, ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 7th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1967.
Copleston, Frederick. History of Philosophy. IX Volumes. New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1993.
As we have seen, prayer, celebration of the religious offices, alms, consoling the afflicted, the cultivation of a little piece of ground, fraternity, frugality, self-sacrifice, confidence, study, and work, filled up each day of his life. Filled up is exactly the word, and in fact, the bishop’s day was full to the brim with good thoughts, good words, and good actions. Nevertheless it was not complete if cold or rainy weather prevented his passing an hour or two in the evening, when
the two women had retired, in his garden before going to sleep. It seemed as if it were a sort of rite with him, to prepare himself for sleep by meditating in presence of the great spectacle of the starry firmament. Sometimes at a late hour of the night, if the two women were awake, they would hear him slowly promenading the walks. He was there alone with himself, collected, tranquil, adoring, comparing the serenity of his heart with the serenity of the skies, moved in the
darkness by the visible splendors of the constellations, and the invisible splendor of God, opening his soul to the thoughts which fall from the unknown. In such moments, offering up his heart at the hour when the flowers of night inhale their perfume, lighted like a lamp in the center of the starry night, expanding his soul in ecstasy in the midst of the universal radiance of creation, he could not himself perhaps have told what was passing in his own mind; he felt something depart from him, and something descend upon him, mysterious interchanges of the depths of the soul with the depths of the universe. He would sit upon a wooden bench leaning against a broken trellis and look at the stars through the irregular outlines of his fruit trees. This quarter of an acre of ground, so poorly cultivated, so cumbered with shed and ruins, was dear to him, and satisfied him. What more was needed by this old man who divided the leisure hours of his life, where had so little leisure, between gardening in the daytime, and contemplation at night? Was not this narrow enclosure, with the sky for a background, enough to enable him to adore God in his most beautiful as well as in his most sublime works? Indeed, is not that all, and what more can be desired? A little garden to walk, and immensity to reflect upon. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate upon: a few flowers on the earth, and all the stars in the sky.
Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.
Dawkins, to explain LIFE apart from a designer, not only gives himself all the time Darwin ever wanted, but also helps himself to all the conceivable planets there might be in the observable universe (note that these are planets he must posit, since no planets outside our solar system have been observed, nor is there currently any compelling theory of planetary formation which guarantees that the observable universe is populated with planets). Thus Barrow and Tipler, in order to justify their various anthropic principles, not only give themselves all the time and planets that Dawkins ever wanted, but also help themselves to a generous serving of universes (universes which are per definition causally inaccessible to us).
Although I’m an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised. And I despise anyone who insults the sustaining values and symbol system of so many millions of people of different races around the world. An authentically avant-garde artist today would show his or her daring by treating religion sympathetically. Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents. When will artists climb out of the postmodernist ditch and accept their high mission to address a general audience? An art of chic coteries, whether in rococo aristocratic France or in drearily ironic, nervously posturing New York, ends up in a mental mousehole.
Kant distinguished between noumenon and phenomenon, or between a Ding an sich and that thing as it appears to human consciousness… In this strand of Kant’s thought — not the only strand, but the one which I am seeking to press into service in the epistemology of religion — the noumenal world exists independently of our perception of it and the phenomenal world is that same world as it appears to our human consciousness… I want to say that the noumenal Real is experienced and thought by different human mentalities, forming and formed by different religious traditions, as the range of gods and absolutes which the phenomenology of religion reports.