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29 Mar 2007: Interpreting Genesisin the 21st Century. Ernest Lucas. About the AuthorThe Revd Dr Ernest Lucas is Vice-Principaland Tutor in Biblical Studies at Bristol BaptistCollege (an affiliated college of BristolUniversity). Previously Dr Lucas carried outpost

29 Mar 2007: Creation and EvolutionNot Creation or Evolution. R.J.Berry. About the AuthorProf. R.J.Berry FIBiol FRSE is EmeritusProfessor of Genetics at University College,London. He is a former President of theLinnean Society, the British EcologicalSociety, the

2 Apr 2007: Does Science NeedReligion? Roger Trigg. The Power of Reason The idea that science is anything but self-sufficient, and thesupreme exemplar of human reason, would seem extraordinaryto many at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Surely sci-ence

2 Apr 2007: The Science and ReligionDebate - an Introduction. John Polkinghorne. Participants in the debate between science and religion employ anumber of different strategies, depending upon whether they areseeking confrontation or harmony, but for an initial

2 Apr 2007: Science and Faith In the Life of. Michael FaradayColin Russell. SummaryMichael Faraday (1791-1867) is one of the best known of all British scientists whose discov-eries have transformed our world and who pioneered the public understanding of science

2 Apr 2007: Has Science killedGod? Alister McGrath. SummaryThis paper explores the aggressively atheist reading of the natural sciences associated withRichard Dawkins, raising serious questions about its intellectual plausibility and evidentialfoundation. Has

2 Apr 2007: Reductionism: Help or Hindrance in. Science and Religion?Michael Poole. SummaryClaims have been made that the natural world — the subject matter of science and its many meth-ods — is all there is. If these allegations were substantiated, they

2 Apr 2007: Why care for theEnvironment? Sir John Houghton FRS. SummaryGlobal threats to the environment demand global solutions and sustainability provides the key.This paper surveys this challenge with particular reference to Global Warming, describing

2 Apr 2007: Models for RelatingScience and Religion. Denis R. Alexander. Rival models in science often become the focus of vigorous debate.The term ‘model’ has a rather broad range of meanings within sci-ence, but generally refers to one key idea that

2 Apr 2007: Ethical Issues In GeneticModification. John Bryant. SummaryThis paper surveys the origins and present applications of the Genetic Modification of plants,animals and humans. The ethical concerns raised from both secular and religious sources