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Both an accomplished theoretical physicist and a faithful Catholic,
Stephen Barr in this book addresses a wide range of questions about
the relationship between science and religion, providing a
beautiful picture of how they can co-exist in harmony. In his first
essay, "Retelling the Story of Science," Barr challenges the widely
held idea that there is an inherent conflict between science and
religion. He goes on to analyse such topics as the quantum creation
of universes from nothing, the multiverse, the Intelligent Design
movement, and the implications of neuroscience for the reality of
the soul. Including reviews of highly influential books by such
figures as Edward O. Wilson, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould,
Francis S. Collins, Michael Behe, and Thomas Nagel, The Believing
Scientist helpfully engages pressing questions that often vex
religious believers who wish to engage with the world of science.
A considerable amount of public debate and media print has been
devoted to the "war between science and religion." In his
accessible and eminently readable new book, Stephen M. Barr
demonstrates that what is really at war with religion is not
science itself, but a philosophy called scientific materialism.
Modern Physics and Ancient Faith argues that the great discoveries
of modern physics are more compatible with the central teachings of
Christianity and Judaism about God, the cosmos, and the human soul
than with the atheistic viewpoint of scientific materialism.
Scientific materialism grew out of scientific discoveries made from
the time of Copernicus up to the beginning of the twentieth
century. These discoveries led many thoughtful people to the
conclusion that the universe has no cause or purpose, that the
human race is an accidental by-product of blind material forces,
and that the ultimate reality is matter itself. Barr contends that
the revolutionary discoveries of the twentieth century run counter
to this line of thought. He uses five of these discoveries-the Big
Bang theory, unified field theories, anthropic coincidences,
Goedel's Theorem in mathematics, and quantum theory-to cast serious
doubt on the materialist's view of the world and to give greater
credence to Judeo-Christian claims about God and the universe.
Written in clear language, Barr's rigorous and fair text explains
modern physics to general readers without oversimplification. Using
the insights of modern physics, he reveals that modern scientific
discoveries and religious faith are deeply consonant. Anyone with
an interest in science and religion will find Modern Physics and
Ancient Faith invaluable.
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