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1 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 1 Reading List Required Texts Smith, J. M., and E. Szathmary, 2000: The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origins of Language. Oxford University Press, 180 pp. Morowitz, H. J., 2002: The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex. Oxford University Press, 209 pp. Wise, K. P., 2002: Faith, Form, and Time: What the Bible Teaches and Science Confirms About Creation and the Age of the Universe. Broadman and Holman Publishers, 287 pp. Additional Key References Denton, M. J., 1998: Nature s Destiny. The Free Press, 454 pp. Gould, S. J., 1997: Nonoverlapping Magisteria. Natural History, 106, Gould,, S. J., 1999: Non-Overlapping Magesteria. Skeptical Inquirer, 23, Kauffman, S., 1995: At Home in the Universe. Oxford University Press, 321 pp. Linde, A., 1998: The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe. Scientific American, 9, Meyer, S. C., cited 2003: DNA, and the Origin of Life: Information, Specification, and Explanation. [Available online at Peebles, P. J. E., D. N. Schramm, E. L. Turner, and R. G. Kron, 1998: The Evolution of the Universe. Scientific American, 9, Provine, W. B., and P. E. Johnson, cited 2003: Darwinism: Science or Naturalistic Philosophy? [Available online at Ward, P. D., and D. Brownlee, 2000: Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe. Copernicus Springer-Verlag, 333 pp.

2 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 2 Extended References by Topic Philosophy of Science Barbour, I. G., 1966: Issues in Science and Religion. Harper Torchbooks, 470 pp. Barbour, I. G., 1990: Religion in an Age of Science. Harper, 320 pp. Barrow, J. D., 1998: Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits. Oxford University Press, 302 pp. Barrow, J. D., 1991: Theories of Everything: The Quest for Ultimate Explanation. Fawcett Columbine, 302 pp. Brody, B. A., and R. E. Grandy, 1989: Readings in the Philosophy of Science. Prentice Hall, 531 pp. Carlson, R. F. ed., 2000: Science and Christianity: Four Views. InterVarsity Press, 276 pp. Casti, J. L. and A. Karlqvist eds., 1996: Boundaries and Barriers: On the Limits to Scientific Knowledge. Addison-Wesley, 262 pp. Davies, P., 1992: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World. Touchstone Book, 254 pp. Dembski, W. A., 1999: Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology. Inter-Varsity Press, 312 pp. Dembski, W. A., 1998: The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities. Cambridge University Press, 243 pp. Dembski, W. A. ed., 1998: Mere Creation: Science, Faith and Intelligent Design. InterVarsity Press, 475 pp. Eddington, A., 1963: The Nature of the Physical World. University of Michigan Press, 361 pp. Ferngren, G. B., E. J. Larson, D. W. Amundsen, A. E. Nakhla ed., 2000: The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia. Garland Pub., 586 pp. Jaki, S. L., 2000: The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays. ISI Books, 246 pp. Kitcher, P., 1982: Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism. MIT Press, 208 pp. Kuhn, T. S., 1974: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press, 210 pp.

3 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 3 Manson, N. A. ed., 2003: God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science. Routledge, 376 pp. Margenau, H. and R. A. Varghese, 1992: Cosmos, Bios, Theos: Scientists Reflect on Science, God, and the Origins of the Universe, Life, and Homo Sapiens. Open Court, 285 pp. Moreland, J. P., 1989: Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Investigation. Baker Books, 270 pp. Moreland, J. P. ed., 1994: The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer. InterVarsity Press, 332 pp. Moreland, J. P. and J. M. Reynolds ed., 1999: Three Views on Creation and Evolution. Zondervan, 296 pp. Moreland, J. P. and W. L. Craig, 2003: Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview. InterVarsity Press, 653 pp. Pearcy, N. R. and C. B. Thaxton, 1994: The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy. Crossway Books, 298 pp. Pigliucci, M., 2002: Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science. Sinauer Associates Publishers, 338 pp. Polkinghorne, J., 2000: Faith, Science and Understanding. Yale University Press, 208 pp. Popper, K. R., 1968: The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Harper and Row, 479 pp. Rae, M., H. Regan, and J. Stenhouse eds., 1994: Science and Theology: Questions at the Interface. W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 260 pp. Ratzsch, D., 2000: Science and Its Limits. InterVarsity Press, 191 pp. Schroeder, G. L., 2001: The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth. Free Press, 224 pp. Shapiro, R., 1986: Origins: A Skeptic s Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth. Summit Books, 332 pp. Smith, W., 1984: Cosmos and Transcendence: Breaking Through the Barrier of Scientistic Belief. Sherwood, Sugden and Company, 168 pp. Templeton, J. M. ed, 1997: How Large is God?: The Voices of Scientists and Theologians. Templeton Foundation Press, 264 pp.

4 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 4 Origin of Matter and Energy Barrow, J. D., 1999: Between Inner Space and Outer Space. Oxford University Press, 274 pp. Craig, W. L., 1979: The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe. Here s Life, 107 pp. Craig, W. L. and Q. Smith, 1995: Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. Oxford University Press, 342 pp. Greene, B., 1999: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory. W. W. Norton and Co., 448 pp. Hawking, S. W., 1988: A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Books, 198 pp. Humphreys, D. R., 1994: Starlight and Time: Solving the Puzzle of Distant Starlight in a Young Universe. Master Books, 137 pp. Leslie, J., 1989: Universes. Routledge, 228 pp. Leslie, J. ed., 1998: Modern Cosmology and Philosophy. Prometheus Books, 363 pp. Rees, M., 1997: Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others. Helix Books, 291 pp. Schroeder, G. L., 1992: Genesis and the Big Bang: The Discovery of Harmony Between Modern Science and the Bible. Bantam Books, 212 pp. Smolin, L., 1997: The Life of the Cosmos. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 358 pp. Templeton, J. M. and R. L. Herrmann, 1994: Is God the Only Reality?: Science Points to a Deeper Meaning of the Universe. Continuum, 190 pp. Vardiman, L., A. Snelling and E. F. Chaffin, 2000: Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth: Creationist Research. Institute of Creation Research, 676 pp. Weinberg, S., 1993: The First Three Minutes. BasicBooks, 203 pp. Origin of a Habitable Planet Ball, P., 1999: Life s Matrix: A Biography of Water. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 417 pp. Barrow, J. D. and F. J. Tipler, 1988: The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, Oxford University Press, 736 pp.

5 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 5 Greenstein, G., 1988: The Symbiotic Universe: Life and Mind in the Cosmos. William Morrow and Co., 271 pp. Leibniz, G. W., 1965: Monadology, and Other Philosophical Essays. Bobbs-Merrill Co., 163 pp. Lovelock, J., 1995: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. Oxford University Press, 148 pp. Newsom, H. E., and J. H. Jones eds., 1990: Origin of the Earth. Oxford University Press, 378 pp. Ross, H., 1993: The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God. NavPress, 185 pp. Ward, P. D. and D. Brownlee, 2002: The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World. Times Books, 240 pp. Origin of Simple Life Blum, H. F., 1968: Time s Arrow and Evolution. Princeton University Press, 232 pp. Busse, F. H. and S. C. Muller ed., 1998: Evolution of Spontaneous Structures in Dissipative Continuous Systems. Springer, 583 pp. Capra, F., 1996: The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. Anchor Books, 347 pp. Coveney, P., and R. Highfield, 1995: Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World. Fawcett Columbine, 462 pp. Dembski, W. A., 2002: No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased Without Intelligence. Baker and Taylor Books, 403 pp. Holland, J. H., 1995: Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity. Perseus Books, 185 pp. Kauffman, S., 2000: Investigations. Oxford University Press, 287 pp. Kenyon, D. H. and G. Steinman, 1969: Biochemical Predestination. McGraw-Hill, 301 pp. Lahav, N., 1999: Biogenesis: Theories of Life s Origin. Oxford University Press, 349 pp. Morowitz, H. J., 1992: Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis. New Haven: Yale University Press, 195 pp.

6 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 6 Nicolis, G. and I. Prigogine, 1977: Self-Organization in Non-Equilibrium Systems: From Dissipative Structures to Order Through Fluctuations. John Wiley and Sons, 512 pp. Oparin, A. I., 1965: The Origin of Life. Dover Publications, 270 pp. Prigogine, I. And I. Stengers, 1984: Order Out of Chaos: Man s New Dialogue with Nature. Bantam Books, 349 pp. Thaxton, C. B., W. L. Bradley, and R. L. Olsen, 1984: The Mystery of Life s Origin: Reassessing Current Theories. Lewis and Stanley, 228 pp. Wilder Smith, A. E., 1981: The Creation of Life: A Cybernetic Approach to Evolution. Master Books, 269 pp. Wilder Smith, A. E., 1981: The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution. Master Books, 185 pp. Wolfram, S., 2002: A New Kind of Science. Wolfram Media, 1197 pp. Zubay, G., 2000: Origins of Life on the Earth and in the Cosmos. 2nd ed. Academic Press, 564 pp. Origin of Complex Life Behe, M. J., 1996: Darwin s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. Free Press, 307 pp. Bonner, J. T., 1988: The Evolution of Complexity: by Means of Natural Selection. Princeton University Press, 260 pp. Brand, L., 1997: Faith, Reason, and Earth History: A Paradigm of Earth and Biological Origins by Intelligent Design. Andrews University Press, 332 pp. de Duve, C., 1995: Vital Dust: Life As a Cosmic Imperative. BasicBooks, 362 pp. Loewenstein, W. R., 2000: The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life. Oxford University Press, 384 pp. Roth, A. A., 1998: Origins: Linking Science and Scripture. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 384 pp. Schopf, J. W., 2001: Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth s Earliest Fossils. Baker and Taylor Books, 336 pp. Smith, J. M., and E. Szathmary, 1998: The Major Transitions in Evolution. Baker and Taylor Books, 360 pp.

7 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 7 Whitcomb, J. C., and H. M. Morris, 1961: The Genesis Flood: The Biblical Record and Its Scientific Implications. Baker Books, 518 pp. Origin of Ecological Environments Bonner, J. T., 1988: The Evolution of Complexity: by Means of Natural Selection. Princeton University Press, 260 pp. Brooks, D. R., and E. O. Wiley, 1986: Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified Theory of Biology. University of Chicago Press, 335 pp. Darwin, C., 1860: The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection. American Publishers Corp., 501 pp. Dawkins, R., 1996: Climbing Mount Improbable. W. W. Norton and Co., 340 pp. Eldredge, N., 1999: The Pattern of Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Co., 219 pp. Gould, S. J., 1989: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. W. W. Norton, 347 pp. Lester, L. P., and R. G. Bohlin, 1989: The Natural Limits to Biological Change. Probe Books, 207 pp. Mayr, E., 2001: What Evolution Is. Basic Books, 318 pp. Pagel, M. ed., 2002: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution. Oxford University Press, 1205 pp. ReMine, W. J., 1993: The Biotic Message: Evolution versus Message Theory. St. Paul Science, 538 pp. Ruse, M., 1982: Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution Controversies. Addison- Wesley Pub. Co., 356 pp. Ruse, M., 1996: Modad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology. Harvard University Press, 628 pp. Sarfati, J., 2002: Refuting Evolution 2: What PBS and the Scientific Community Don t Want You to Know. Master Books, 235 pp. Smith, J. M., 1993: The Theory of Evolution. Cambridge University Press, 354 pp. Wells, J., 2000: Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Regnery Publishing, Inc., 338 pp. Wilder-Smith, A. E., 1968: Man s Origin, Man s Destiny: A Critical Survey of the Principles of Evolution and Christianity. C.P.L. Publishers, 320 pp.

8 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 8 Origin of Societies de Duve, C., 1995: Vital Dust: Life As a Cosmic Imperative. BasicBooks, 362 pp. Jaki, S. L., 1989: Brain, Mind, and Computers. Regnery Gateway, 316 pp. Penrose, R. 1989: The Emperor s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics. Oxford University Press, 466 pp. Sharpe, K., 2000: Sleuthing the Divine: The Nexus of Science and Spirit. Fortress Press, 160 pp. Wilson, E. O., 2000: Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Harvard University Press, 697 pp. Science and Religion Dawkins, R., 1987: The Blind Watchmaker. Norton, 332 pp. Geisler, N. L., 1997: Creating God in the Image of Man?: The New Open View of God, Neo-Theism s Dangerous Drift. Bethany House Publishers, 192 pp. Gould, S. J., 1999: Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. Ballantine Books, 241 pp. Hagopian, D. G. ed, 2001: The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation. Cruxpress, 319 pp. Kelly, D. F., 1997: Creation and Change: Genesis in the Light of Changing Scientific Paradigms. Mentor, 272 pp. McMullin, E. ed., 1985: Evolution and Creation. University of Notre Dame Press, 307 pp. Miller, K. R., 1999: Finding Darwin s God: A Scientist s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. Cliff Street Books, 338 pp. Morris, H. M. ed, 1974: Scientific Creationism. Creation-Life Publishers, 277 pp. Morris, H., 2000: The Long War Against God: The History and Impact of the Creation/Evolution Conflict. Master Books, 344 pp. Paley, W., 1850.: Natural Theology. American Tract Society, 440 pp. Pigliucci, M., 2002: Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science. Sinauer Associates, 338 pp.

9 Reading List Chance, Emergence or Design 9 Pinnock, C., R. Rice, J. Sanders, W. Hasker and D. Basinger, 1994: The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God. InterVarsity Press, 202 pp. Schaeffer, F. A., 1972: Genesis in Space and Time: The Flow of Biblical History. InterVarsity Press, 167 pp. Schroeder, G. L., 1997: The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom. The Free Press, 226 pp. Shermer, M., 2000: How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science. W. H. Freeman and Co., 302 pp. Templeton, J. M., and R. L. Herrmann, 1989: The God Who Would Be Known: Revelations of the Divine in Contemporary Science. Templeton Foundation Press, 260 pp. Verbrugge, M., 1984: Alive: An Enquiry into the Origin and Meaning of Life. Ross House, 159 pp. Ward, P. D., and D. Brownlee, 2002: The Life and Death of Planet Earth. Times Books, 240 pp. Warfield, B. B., 2000: Evolution, Science, and Scripture: Selected Writings. Baker Books, 347 pp.