List of Christian thinkers in science

List of Christian thinkers in science

This list concerns the issue of the relationship between religion and science, but is specific to Christian history. This is only supplementary to the issue as lists are by themselves not equipped to answer questions on this topic. The list in non-exhaustive and strictly limited to scientists who also contributed to Christian theology or religious thinking. The purpose is to act as a guide: the names, annotations, and or links are to provide use for further study on this topic.

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Napoleonic Wars to the modern era

The Napoleonic wars increased secularism in the rest of Europe. This also reached the US in time and a 1914 study indicated belief in a personal God was a minority position among members of the National Academy of Sciences. [http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html] As that implies this period led Christians in science to face changes and increased challenges. The first major one being theories of evolution discussed early on by Lamarck in Philosophie Zoologique and culminating in The Origin of Species. Then in the twentieth century new areas of physics, like the Big Bang or Quantum mechanics arose. Christians in science in this period dealt with new discoveries in a variety of ways ranging from total rejection to a measured support.

Living

As suggested this section concerns significant Christian thinkers in science who are alive today. Those who lead organizations of Christians in science or who write works concerning how Christians of today respond to science. Interest in this has increased in recent decades due to continued controversies and recognition from awards like the Templeton Prize.

References

See also

* Lists of Christians
* List of Jesuit scientists
* Quakers in science
* List of Jewish scientists and philosophers
* List of Muslim scientists
* List of atheists (science and technology)
* List of science and religion scholars
* Conflict thesis
* Victoria Institute

External links related to the topic

* [http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cis/ Cambridge Christians in Science (CiS) group]
* [http://www.cis.org.uk/ Christians in Science website]
* [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~theo0038/ Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~jjkeggi/SOSc/ The Society of Ordained Scientists] -Mostly Church of England
* [http://www.asa3.org/ "Science in Christian Perspective" The (ASA)]
* [http://www.csca.ca/about.html Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation about page explaining why they exist]
* [http://www.issr.org.uk/about/founding_members.asp The International Society for Science & Religion's founding members.(Of various faiths including Christianity)]
* [http://www.acmsonline.org/ Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences]
* [http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=avalos_18_4 Secular Humanism.org article on Science and Religion]


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