The Test Of A Theory Is Its

Science Cannot Tell Theology How To Construct A Doctrine Of Creation, But You Can't Construct A Doctrine Of Creation Without Taking Account Of The Age Of The Universe And The Evolutionary Character Of Cosmic History.

Science And Religion...are Friends, Not Foes, In The Common Quest For Knowledge. Some People May Find This Surprising, For There's A Feeling Throughout Our Society That Religious Belief Is Outmoded, Or Downright Impossible, In A Scientific Age. I Don't Agree. In Fact, I'd Go So Far As To Say That If People In This So-called 'scientific Age' Knew A Bit More About Science Than Many Of Them Actually Do, They'd Find It Easier To Share My Views.

People, And Especially Theologians, Should Try To Familiarize Themselves With Scientific Ideas. Of Course, Science Is Technical In Many Respects, But There Are Some Very Good Books That Try To Set Out Some Of The Conceptual Structure Of Science.

Chance Doesn't Mean Meaningless Randomness, But Historical Contingency. This Happens Rather Than That, And That's The Way That Novelty, New Things, Come About.

Hope Is Much More Than A Mood. It Involves A Commitment To Action.... What We Hope For Should Be What We Are Prepared To Work For...as Far As That Power Lies In Us.