J.B. Stump (PhD, Boston University) is senior editor at BioLogos, where he oversees the development of new content and curates existing content for the BioLogos website and print materials. He has also been a philosophy professor and academic administrator. He is co-author of Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction (2010), and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity (Wiley-Blackwell 2012) and of How I Changed My Mind about Evolution (2016).

• Acknowledgments vIntroduction ix1 Conflict and Independence 11. Ways that science and Christianity might be related 22. Conflict 33. Independence 84. Two Books 112 Christianity and the Origin of Modern Science 151. The handmaiden of theology 162. Christianity’s role in the rise of modern science: Twentieth-century views 193. Recent developments 243 Secularization 291. Scientists and religious belief 312. Broadening the definition 343. A secular age 364 Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design 421. Setting the stage for Young Earth Creationism 432. Today’s Young Earth Creationism 453. Intelligent Design 484. Irreducible complexity and information 505 The Bible 561. Two Books vs. sola scriptura 572. Interpretation 593. What kind of inspiration? 634. Science and the Bible 666 Methodological Naturalism 691. Defining methodological naturalism 702. Duhem and the aims of science 723. Methodological naturalism and the problem of demarcation 754. Reasons for abiding by methodological naturalism 777 Natural Theology 811. Classic arguments of natural theology 822. Objections to natural theology 863. Natural theology for the 21st century 908 Cosmology 941. Big Bang cosmology 942. Fine tuning 993. The multiverse 1029 Evolution 1081. Evolution and the Bible 1092. Creation through randomness and death 1123. The uniqueness of human beings 1154. Consonance between evolution and Christianity 11710 Divine Action 1201. The development of deism 1212. Miracles 1223. Non-interventionist objective divine action 1264. Alternatives for explaining divine action 12911 Mind, Soul, and Brain 1341. The Christian tradition of the soul 1352. Descartes and dualism 1373. Challenges to dualism 1394. Cognitive dualism 14212 The Problem of Natural Evil 1471. Articulation of the problem 1482. Some potential responses 1503. A more robust theodicy 1524. Eschatological fulfillment 155Conclusion: The Last Things 159Timeline of Historical Figures Discussed 164Glossary 167Index 174

J.B. Stump (PhD, Boston University) is senior editor at BioLogos, where he oversees the development of new content and curates existing content for the BioLogos website and print materials. He has also been a philosophy professor and academic administrator. He is co-author of Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction (2010), and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity (Wiley-Blackwell 2012) and of How I Changed My Mind about Evolution (2016).

• Acknowledgments vIntroduction ix1 Conflict and Independence 11. Ways that science and Christianity might be related 22. Conflict 33. Independence 84. Two Books 112 Christianity and the Origin of Modern Science 151. The handmaiden of theology 162. Christianity’s role in the rise of modern science: Twentieth-century views 193. Recent developments 243 Secularization 291. Scientists and religious belief 312. Broadening the definition 343. A secular age 364 Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design 421. Setting the stage for Young Earth Creationism 432. Today’s Young Earth Creationism 453. Intelligent Design 484. Irreducible complexity and information 505 The Bible 561. Two Books vs. sola scriptura 572. Interpretation 593. What kind of inspiration? 634. Science and the Bible 666 Methodological Naturalism 691. Defining methodological naturalism 702. Duhem and the aims of science 723. Methodological naturalism and the problem of demarcation 754. Reasons for abiding by methodological naturalism 777 Natural Theology 811. Classic arguments of natural theology 822. Objections to natural theology 863. Natural theology for the 21st century 908 Cosmology 941. Big Bang cosmology 942. Fine tuning 993. The multiverse 1029 Evolution 1081. Evolution and the Bible 1092. Creation through randomness and death 1123. The uniqueness of human beings 1154. Consonance between evolution and Christianity 11710 Divine Action 1201. The development of deism 1212. Miracles 1223. Non-interventionist objective divine action 1264. Alternatives for explaining divine action 12911 Mind, Soul, and Brain 1341. The Christian tradition of the soul 1352. Descartes and dualism 1373. Challenges to dualism 1394. Cognitive dualism 14212 The Problem of Natural Evil 1471. Articulation of the problem 1482. Some potential responses 1503. A more robust theodicy 1524. Eschatological fulfillment 155Conclusion: The Last Things 159Timeline of Historical Figures Discussed 164Glossary 167Index 174

J.B. Stump (PhD, Boston University) is senior editor at BioLogos, where he oversees the development of new content and curates existing content for the BioLogos website and print materials. He has also been a philosophy professor and academic administrator. He is co-author of Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction (2010), and co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity (Wiley-Blackwell 2012) and of How I Changed My Mind about Evolution (2016).

• Acknowledgments vIntroduction ix1 Conflict and Independence 11. Ways that science and Christianity might be related 22. Conflict 33. Independence 84. Two Books 112 Christianity and the Origin of Modern Science 151. The handmaiden of theology 162. Christianity’s role in the rise of modern science: Twentieth-century views 193. Recent developments 243 Secularization 291. Scientists and religious belief 312. Broadening the definition 343. A secular age 364 Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design 421. Setting the stage for Young Earth Creationism 432. Today’s Young Earth Creationism 453. Intelligent Design 484. Irreducible complexity and information 505 The Bible 561. Two Books vs. sola scriptura 572. Interpretation 593. What kind of inspiration? 634. Science and the Bible 666 Methodological Naturalism 691. Defining methodological naturalism 702. Duhem and the aims of science 723. Methodological naturalism and the problem of demarcation 754. Reasons for abiding by methodological naturalism 777 Natural Theology 811. Classic arguments of natural theology 822. Objections to natural theology 863. Natural theology for the 21st century 908 Cosmology 941. Big Bang cosmology 942. Fine tuning 993. The multiverse 1029 Evolution 1081. Evolution and the Bible 1092. Creation through randomness and death 1123. The uniqueness of human beings 1154. Consonance between evolution and Christianity 11710 Divine Action 1201. The development of deism 1212. Miracles 1223. Non-interventionist objective divine action 1264. Alternatives for explaining divine action 12911 Mind, Soul, and Brain 1341. The Christian tradition of the soul 1352. Descartes and dualism 1373. Challenges to dualism 1394. Cognitive dualism 14212 The Problem of Natural Evil 1471. Articulation of the problem 1482. Some potential responses 1503. A more robust theodicy 1524. Eschatological fulfillment 155Conclusion: The Last Things 159Timeline of Historical Figures Discussed 164Glossary 167Index 174