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Naturalism (Interventions)

Stewart Goetz & Charles Taliaferro
Eerdmans
2008
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“Goetz and Taliaferro make the most rigorous popularly accessible reply yet to the new atheists, as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and their lesser-known confreres have been dubbed. They critique philosophical naturalism, the bedrock of the new atheism, which holds that all phenomena can be accounted for by material physical processes, and also naturalist rejections of mind and the soul.” – Ray Olson

Artwork: Ashes & Snow

Gregory Colbert
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An artist photographs animals in their natural habitat while interacting with humans. The photos are beautiful and meditative.

The Worship Sourcebook

Emily Brink & John Witvliet
Faith Alive Christian Resources
2004 (2nd edition published in 2013)
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This is a fantastic resource for worship planning, and includes liturgical pieces that emphasize creation.

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

Eugene Wigner
John Wiley & Sons
1960
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Wigner describes mathematics and physics to point out the amazement that these work together. He is not a Christian, but concludes “The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither understand nor deserve.”

Song of a Scientist: The Harmony of a God-Soaked Creation

Calvin DeWitt
Square Inch
2012
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World-renowned environmental scientist Cal DeWitt is widely regarded as a pioneer in opening the eyes of the Christian community to the wonders of God’s Creation and the dangers of its degradation by human beings. With the rare combination of scientific rigor, poetic imagination, and a deep Christian faith, DeWitt probes the twin books of God’s Word and God’s world, nudging us toward grateful stewardship and praise, joining the doxology of all creation