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Christians have always been concerned with enhancement-now they are
faced with significant questions about how technology can help or
harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and
technological enhancement different from each other? Are there
theological insights and spiritual practices that can help
Christians face the challenge of living in a technological world
without being dangerously conformed to its values? This book calls
on Christians to understand and engage the deep issues facing the
church in a technological, transhumanist future.
Many young Christians interested in the sciences have felt torn
between two options: remaining faithful to Christ or studying
science. Heated debates over the past century have created the
impression that we have to choose between one or the other. The
result has been a crisis of faith for many students. Josh Reeves
and Steve Donaldson present a concise introduction to the study of
science that explains why scientists in every age have found
science congenial to their faith and how Christians in the sciences
can bridge the gap between science and Christian belief and
practice. If Christians are to have a beneficial dialogue with
science, it will be guided by those who understand science from the
inside. Consequently, this book provides both advice and
encouragement for Christians entering or engaged in scientific
careers because their presence in science is a vital component of
the church's witness in the world.
Christians have always been concerned with enhancement-now they are
faced with significant questions about how technology can help or
harm genuine spiritual transformation. What makes traditional and
technological enhancement different from each other? Are there
theological insights and spiritual practices that can help
Christians face the challenge of living in a technological world
without being dangerously conformed to its values? This book calls
on Christians to understand and engage the deep issues facing the
church in a technological, transhumanist future.
In Dimensions of Faith, cognitive scientist Steve Donaldson takes
readers on a journey from the world of assumptions, set minds,
widely varying beliefs, and popular misconceptions to an
understanding of the true essence and role of faith as the natural
and inevitable product of brains. Using numerous illustrations and
examples, Donaldson shows how faith is necessitated by a variety of
unavoidable limitations, exposes the myth of a divide between faith
and critical thinking, provides practical advice for crafting
coherent beliefs, and explains why there can never be such a place
as "Factland". Along the way he takes a special look at religious
faith - evaluating its attributes, exploring its relation to other
manifestations of faith, investigating whether God has done his job
well enough to warrant the faith placed in him, and pondering how
truth seekers can sometimes end up in very different places.
Brad West is an anthropology student with in-depth knowledge of
history, but little grasp of today's geopolitical realities. Until
he falls in love with a mysterious Chinese woman. He realizes the
enormous ramifications for his country, when he learns he is a pawn
in a US government project to rescue China from a political coup.
When his girlfriend suddenly disappears from his college campus,
Brad finds himself on a direct flight to Hong Kong. Not only must
he hurdle linguistic and cultural barriers and evade Chinese
security forces, he must find his girl, save her father, a
dissident scientist, from water torture and track down a madman
intent on overthrowing Beijing. In this highly lauded,
ground-breaking thriller, you will meet loveable and menacing
characters, experience exotic local details and never escape the
unyielding, high-stakes tension of this great Galt/Donaldson
thriller until you find out...The Destiny of the Dragon.
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