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PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith PERSPECTIVES on Science and Christian Faith JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION In This Theme Issue on Addiction … Addiction: Diseased Brain, Divided Will, or Restless Heart? The Genetics of Addiction Recovery and the Humble Reconstitution of the Self “I Do Not Do What I Want”: Commonalities in Addiction and Sin Tackling Addiction: A Case for Drug Policy Reform Based on Science and Christian Ethics “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.” Psalm 111:10 VOLUME 70, NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 2018 (US ISSN 0892-2675) (CPM #40927506) Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Manuscript Guidelines © 2018 by the American Scientifi c Affi liation The pages of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (PSCF) are open Editor-in-Chief to original, unpublished contributions that interact with science and Christian J C. P (Roanoke College and faith in a manner consistent with scientifi c and theological integrity. A brief Virginia Tech) description of standards for publication in PSCF can be found in the lead 221 College Lane editorial of the December 2013 issue. This is available at www.asa3.org Salem, VA 24153 PUBLICATIONS PSCF Academic Journal. Published papers do not refl ect [email protected] any offi cial position of the American Scientifi c Affi liation. 1. Submit all manuscripts to: James C. Peterson, Editor, Roanoke College, Addiction Theme Issue Co-Editor 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153. E-mail: [email protected]. J A. T (Trinity Western University) Submissions are typically acknowledged within 10 days of their receipt. Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1 2. Authors must submit an electronic copy of the manuscript formatted [email protected] in Word as an email attachment. Typically 2–3 anonymous reviewers critique each manuscript considered for publication. Book Reviews P F (Tyndale Seminary) 3. Use endnotes for all references. Each note must have a unique number. Book Review Editor Follow The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed., sections 14.1 to 14.317). 3377 Bayview Avenue 4. While fi gures and diagrams may be embedded within the Word text fi le Toronto, ON M2M 3S4 of the manuscript, authors are required to also send them as individual [email protected] electronic fi les (JPEG or PDF format). Figure captions should be provided as a list at the end of the manuscript text. Subject Area Editors A L (Calvin College) ARTICLES are major treatments of a particular subject relating science to a 1726 Knollcrest Circle SE Christian position. Such papers should be at least 2,000 words but not more Grand Rapids, MI 49546 than 8,000 words in length, excluding endnotes. An abstract of 50–150 [email protected] words is required and should be in both the text of the email submission and S S T (Northwestern College) at the beginning of the attached essay. 101 7th St SW COMMUNICATIONS are focused personal examples of how people are living Orange City, IA 51041 out science and Christian faith. They have ranged from bringing computers [email protected] to areas with no power, to being married to an experimental physicist, to an D C. S (Calvin College) astronomer’s sermon on the heavens telling the glory of God, to serving as 3201 Burton St SE president of a research university. Grand Rapids, MI 49546 [email protected] BOOK REVIEWS serve both to alert readers to new books that appear C H Y (A P U) signifi cant and to engage these books in critical interaction. When a subject 901 E Alosta Avenue area editor selects a book for review, the book is then off ered to a scholar Azusa, CA 91702 with the best match in expertise. ASA/CSCA members who would like to be [email protected] considered as potential reviewers are welcome to express interest to the book review coordinating editor for inclusion in the reviewer database. Publishers Editorial Board may also contact the book review coordinating editor if they are not sure R B, Wheaton College which subject area reviewer would best consider a particular book. D B, Gordon College • Patrick Franklin ([email protected]): book review editor; subject E B. D, Messiah College areas: ethics, philosophy, and theology. O G, Harvard-Smithsonian Center • Arie Leegwater ([email protected]): cosmology, history of science, for Astrophysics mathematics, and physical sciences. S G. H, North Carolina State University • Sara Sybesma Tolsma ([email protected]): biology, environment, R D. I, American Scientifi c Affi liation genetics, and origins. D. G J, University of Otago R K, Princeton University • Derek Schuurman ([email protected]): computers, engineering, D A. L, Massachusetts and technology. Institute of Technology • Chong Ho Yu ([email protected]): education, psychology, sociology, and T L III, Westmont College statistics. K MF, The King’s University The viewpoints expressed in the books reviewed, and in the reviews K B. M, Kansas State University themselves, are those of the authors and reviewers respectively, and do not A G. P, Luther Seminary refl ect an offi cial position of the ASA. R P, Massachusetts Institute of Technology LETTERS to the Editor concerning PSCF content may be published unless A S, Bethel University marked not for publication. Letters submitted for publication must not be R S, Calvin College longer than 700 words and will be subject to editorial review. Letters are J A. T, Trinity Western University to be submitted as electronic copies. Letters accepted for publication will be D A. V, Harvey Mudd College of published within 6 months. The Claremont Colleges D L. W, Eastern University ADVERTISING is accepted in PSCF, subject to editorial approval. Please address inquiries for rates or further information to the Managing Editor. Managing Editor The ASA cannot take responsibility for any orders placed with advertisers L B (American Scientifi c Affi liation) in PSCF and does not imply endorsement by carrying the ad. Manuscript Editor AUTHORIZATION TO PHOTOCOPY MATERIAL for internal, personal, or E M educational classroom use, or the internal or personal use of specifi c clients, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith is granted by ASA, ISSN: 0892-2675, provided that the appropriate fee is (USPS 28-3740, ISSN 0892-2675) is published quar- paid directly to Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, terly by American Scientifi c Affi liation, 218 Boston Danvers, MA 01923 USA for conventional use, or check CCC online at the Street Suite 208, Topsfi eld, MA 01983. Periodicals following address: www.copyright.com/. No registration with CCC is needed: postage paid at Topsfi eld, MA, and additional mailing simply identify the article being copied, the number of copies, and the journal offi ce. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Per- title (Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith). For those who wish to spectives on Science and Christian Faith, 218 Boston request permission for other kinds of copying or reprinting, kindly write to Street Suite 208, Topsfi eld, MA 01983. the Managing Editor. Editorial It’s Not Rocket Science; It’s Harder James C. Peterson hen Paul Henrickson retired, he refl ected Human action is too ambiguous and complex to be that he had two careers. The fi rst was as captured by what Donald MacKay called “nothing- Wan aerospace engineer with NASA; the buttery.” Human beings are far more than “nothing second, as the chaplain at Roanoke College. Of the but” any one particular aspect of their existence. two, he was sure from experience that working with They are more than atoms, or chemicals, or genes, people was much more diffi cult than rocket science. or cells, or environment, or animals, or individuals. Rocket science is a remarkable accomplishment that The simpler components do not begin to explain requires great precision in directing immense forces all that is happening at higher levels of complex- of heat and pressure, yet he found people more com- ity. Examining only one aspect at a time can be an plex. We human beings are not simple, as will be seen insightful exercise, but such analysis at any specifi c in this issue’s articles on addiction. level, is quite different from capturing a whole that is more than its parts. Chemistry is not merely par- We all live simultaneously at multiple different ticle physics. Physiology is more than biochemistry. levels. Picture a physicist studying a particular Music is not just physiology. Theology is not just interaction at the subatomic particle level, seeking sociology. At each level of greater complexity, there to explain it with “a theory of everything.” Yet a is the potential for an emergent phenomenon not chemist could see the same instance and note that described completely by its constituent parts. it is occurring within a molecule of glucose. The molecular level of complexity is just as real as what is To begin to scratch the surface toward understand- happening between the particles, but not described ing the wrenching crisis of addiction, PSCF has an solely by particle interactions. Then a biochemist unusual capacity to approach what is happening at notes that this glucose is part of an ATP reaction that many of the multiple levels of human life that addic- is releasing energy. The arriving physiologist notes tion entangles. Judith Toronchuk leads this issue that the energy is contracting a muscle, which the delineating some of the complex interactions of neu- anatomist notes is attached to a vocal cord. The con- rology in addiction. Robin Rylaarsdam guides us traction of the muscle in this case is at the direction of through the genetic component. Kent Dunnington a brain signal, as noted by a neurologist. Specifi cally, fi nds insight in the effective twelve-step movements someone is singing, as the musician describes.
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