Howard J. Van Till
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Howard J. Van Till is an emeritus professor of physics at Calvin College
. According to Ronald L. Numbers he is a devout Christian who sees little or no evidence of God in nature and whose view is a good example of "theistic evolution
". Also according to Numbers, Van Till prefers "creationomic perspective" over "theistic evolution". In 1988 Van Till co-wrote Science Held Hostage: What's wrong with creation science and evolution with Davis A. Young and Clarence Menninga.
Calvin College
Calvin College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism...
. According to Ronald L. Numbers he is a devout Christian who sees little or no evidence of God in nature and whose view is a good example of "theistic evolution
Theistic evolution
Theistic evolution or evolutionary creation is a concept that asserts that classical religious teachings about God are compatible with the modern scientific understanding about biological evolution...
". Also according to Numbers, Van Till prefers "creationomic perspective" over "theistic evolution". In 1988 Van Till co-wrote Science Held Hostage: What's wrong with creation science and evolution with Davis A. Young and Clarence Menninga.
External links
- Van Till listing on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...
- List of Van Till's articles in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
- Basil, Augustine, and the Doctrine of Creation’s Functional Integrity
- The Legend of the Shrinking Sun
- Christianity and Darwinism: Letters about Van Till debate with Phillip E. Johnson in 1993 June/July First ThingsFirst ThingsFirst Things is an ecumenical journal focused on creating a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society". The journal is inter-denominational and inter-religious, representing a broad intellectual tradition of Christian and Jewish critique of contemporary society...
- From Calvinism to Freethought