Mapping the contested border between science and faith
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Paul Garner, researcher and lecturer with Biblical Creation Ministries
"I have been disappointed with so many Christian books on the origins debate that I was prepared not to like this one either, but the author managed to completely confound my expectations."
David Atkinson, Assistant Bishop in Southwork, England
Writing in the British publication Church Times, Atkinson says:
"His book is written with the needs of American Christian students in mind, for whom the debates about evolution and creation are a cause of confusion."
Currently, Mapping is rated 4.5 stars on Amazon. The only review less than 4 was from someone who bought the Kindle version, but it did not work on his tablet, so he could not read the book. Selected comments are shown below, newest first. Those posted elsewhere on the Internet have a separate entry above, so are not included here. Full reviews can be found at
http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Origins-Debate-Beginning-Everything/dp/0830839879/
Alan J. F. Fraser, writing in The Monthly Record of the Free Church of Scotland
"Gerald Rau has, I believe, done a great service by producing a lucid introduction to the subject by 'mapping' the arguments from all sides, summarising the data in such a way that we can get a handle on what different people believe and why they believe it."
Cultuurshock
This is a review in Dutch (via Google translate, with a little editing), in which the reviewer concludes:
"I suspect this book will be especially useful for those who are still looking, for people who want to be open to the fact that science has arisen only since the Enlightenment and the Bible by definition will not answer to the standards of modern science (just as the Gospels do not meet today's standards of historiography). Rau tries to give a fair and balanced picture. He thus creates a platform for encounter between different theories arise and does so in a very honest way.
This book is a must for anyone interested in the debate."
Vox Reformata, published by the Reformed Theological College, Australia
"The author has the ability to explain complex scientific models in a way that makes them understandable to those who, like myself, have had only minimal scientific training."
(c) 2014 Gerald Rau