About three years ago, I became a dog owner for the first time. We have a small, fluffy creature who scampers around the house and garden, eats whatever she’s allowed to, and sometimes gets away with snoozing on sofas and sleeping on our bed. Although I had misgivings about taking Read more
I’m recovering from a Covid infection as I write. It’s been a mild one, like a dry flu, and for this I feel grateful for the vaccinations I received back in the summer. Even before contracting Covid-19, I was planning to write about the biological aspect of this epidemic – Read more
In the first of ourĀ occasional seriesĀ of perspectives on the creation/evolution controversy, Abigail Motley reflects on the growing harmony betweenĀ her faith and her ecological research. ‘Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution.’ Undergraduate biology lecturers love referring to this quote, the title of an essay written by Theodosius Read more
Some people might think the very first topic for a “faith in scholarship” blog to address would be the notorious controversy around evolutionary origins for living organisms and especially for human beings. But this blog has run for nearly four years without the word “evolution” appearing at all*! To some extent this is Read more
Many people ask how Christianity relates to science – often assuming some kind of conflict. Faith-in-Scholarship has always involved scientists, and is more about progress than apologetics – so we’d typically start by pointing out that everyone has a worldview, that the Christian and naturalistic worldviews held by many celebrated scientists are closely Read more