Mapping the contested border between science and faith
The C.S. Lewis Society of Central Massachusetts offers the following comment:
“With the sensitivity of a seasoned educator, Rau demonstrates how each model assesses the scientific evidence in relation to four different kinds of origins: the universe, life, species and humans. In an age of specialists, Rau sees the big picture. Mapping the Origins Debate cuts through the cacophony and the complexity to provide a lucid and charitable contribution to the conversation.”
John James, Pastor of Helier Chapel, Northfield, Birmingham, Review for Affinity
"[B]ack in the 90s, as a first year undergraduate geology student, having recently come to faith, I know I would have benefited from reading a book like this."
Marvin Olasky, editor in chief of WORLD News Group
"Gerald Rau's Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything (IVP, 2012) has the soporific thoroughness of much academic writing, but it could still be a good gift to those who read only the work of their own camp."
Mark Wessner, Pastor, professor and author
“It is not possible for a short posting like this to do justice to all of the research, information, and synthesis contained in the book.”
Bob Trube, Senior Area Director for InterVarsity's Graduate & Faculty Ministry team in the Ohio Valley
"Perhaps I'm stating the obvious but most discussions of origins seem to generate far more heat than light. They preach to the choir of those who agree, fail to engage those with whom they disagree on their own terms and perpetuate the unfortunate notion that Christianity and science are at war with each other. [Mapping] is a notable exception to that trend in that it is intended to promote understanding and conversation rather than more controversy."
(c) 2014 Gerald Rau
