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Full Page Photo PERSPECTIVES On Science And Christian Faith JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION In this issue . At the Point of Need A Theology of Progressive Creationism Psychological Effects of Abortion New Reproductive Technologies "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. " Psalm 111:10 VOLUME 39, NUMBER 1 MARCH 1987 The Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation: Copy­ MEMBER EVANGELICAL PRESS ASSOCIATION right 1987 by The American Scientific Affiliation.* ~ Editor WILBUR L. BULLOCK (Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire) 13 Thompson Lane, Durham, NH 03824 Managing Editor ANN L. WOODWORTH, American Scientific Affiliation, P.O. Box 668, Ipswich, MA 01938 Book Review Editor RICHARD RUBLE (John Brown University, Siloam Springs, AR) 212 Western Hills, Siloam Springs, AR 72761 Editorial Board Dewey K. Carpenter, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 07803 Owen Gingerich, Smithsonian Instil ution, Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Russell Heddendorf, Department of Sociology, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 37350 John A. Mcintyre, Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77840 E. Mansell Pattison, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 3090 l Edwin M. Yamauchi, Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Consulting Editors Jerry D. Albert, Mercy Hospital Research Facility Russell Maatman, Dordt College Donald C. Boardman, San Diego, CA H. Newton Maloney, Fuller Theological Seminary Richard H. Bube, Stanford University Russell L. Mixter, Wheaton College Gary R. Collins, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Stanley W. Moore, Pepperdine University John W. Haas, Jr., Gordon College W. Jim Neidhardt, New Jersey Institute of Technology Walter R. Hearn, Berkeley, CA Evelina Orteza y Miranda, The Univ. of Calgary, Canada D. Gareth Jones, University of Otago, New Zealand Bernard Ramm, American Baptist Seminary of the West Robert D. Knudsen, Westminster Theological Seminary Claude E. Stipe, Marquette University Thomas H. Leith, York University, Canada Walter R. Thorson, University of Alberta, Canada Gordon R. Lewthwaite, California State University Davis A. Young, Calvin College The pages of the Journal ASA are open to any contribution BOOK REVIEWS are an important part of the Journal. They serve to dealing with the interaction between science and Christian faith in a alert the readership to books of interest and provide a valuable manner consistent with scientific and theological integrity. Papers source for reference. Readers are encouraged to review books in their published in the Journal ASA do not reflect any official position of fields which have implications for the Christian faith. To avoid the American Scientific Affiliation. duplication of reviews, prospective reviewers should notify the Book Review Editor as early as possible of their intentions. All reviews MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES should be sent directly to the Book Review Editor. The viewpoints l. All manuscripts except Book Reviews should be addressed to expressed in the books reviewed, and in the reviews themselves, are Editor, Journal ASA, 13 Thompson Lane, Durham, NH those of the authors and reviewers respectively, and do not renect an 03824. official position of the ASA. 2. Authors of Papers and Communications must submit an original and two copies of their papers for review purposes. LETIERS to the Editor concerning contents of the Journal may be 3. 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REGULAR PAPERS are major treatments of a particular subject POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE AMERICAN relating science and the Christian position. Such papers should be at SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION, P.O. Box 668, Ipswich, MA least l 0 manuscript pages in length but not more than 20 pages. 01938. Publication for such papers should normally take 12 to 18 months from the time of acceptance. *Authorization to photocopy material for internal or personal use under circumstances not falling within the fair use provisions of the Copyright Act is granted by ASA to libraries and other users registered with the Copyright COMMUNICATIONS are brief treatments of a wide range of subjects Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service, provided that the of interest to Journal ASA readers. Communications must not be fee of $.60 US per copy of an article Is paid directly to CCC, 21 Congress Street, Salem. Massachusetts 01970. For those not registered with the CCC or longer than 9 manuscript pages. Accepted Communications should who wish to request permission for other kinds of copying kindly write to the normally be published in 9 to 12 months. managing editor. Putting Things in Perspective Once again we are able to offer our readers perspec­ last year on these reproductive technologies will cer­ tives on several important issues that our society is tainly be aware of the mind-boggling possibilities in facing and for which Christians need to carefully and this field and the ethical, legal, and theological issues seriously evaluate the several options which these issues involved. How far can Christians go when we are present. This time our authors present Christian evalua­ trying to follow God's directive to "be fruitful and tions of the needs of developing countries, progressive multiply," but are faced with a bewildering array of creation, the psychological effects of abortion, and the options? rapidly proliferating reproductive technologies. Shorter presentations (Communications), but no less Ray Brand emphasizes the "science as servant" significant, include two papers from the Oxford meet­ theme which was so prominent at the ASA-RSCF ing that were previously published in Science and meetings at Oxford in 1985. He evaluates research Faith, the Newsletter of RSCF. David Livingstone uses funding priorities in the light of the problems of the the case of evangelicals and evolution to illustrate the developing countries and the biblical emphasis on need for getting away from the old warfare model of God's concern for the poor. Where should Christians the relations of science and religion. Colin Russell invest their research time and money? analyzes recent critiques of science and concludes that Christians should welcome recent changes with caution Pattie Pun proposes a theological basis for pro­ at the same time that we welcome the decline of a gressive creationism, which he elaborates as an alterna­ dogmatic positivism. Michael Bozack presents an tive to recent creationism and theistic evolution. He intriguing analysis of the similarities between the ther­ accepts physical death before the Fall and considers modynamic triple point and the doctrine of the trinity. natural selection to be one of the mechanisms for God's creative activities. Finallv, we want to welcome two new members of the edit;rial staff of our journal. Nancy Hanger is our James Rogers, James Phifer, and Julie Nelson report new Managing Editor and Richard Ruble will be our on an analysis they have made of some of the studies, new Book Review Editor. I want to publically thank previously reported in the literature, on the psychologi­ Ann Woodworth and Bernie Piersma for their fine cal sequelae of abortion. They point out inadequacies work for the journal of the American Scientific Affili­ in both the methods and the statistics found in the ation. The new year has ushered in yet another change; literature, especially in regard to the claim of no the journal has been renamed Perspectives on Science negative psychological impact on the women involved. and Christian Faith," a more descriptive title; although the "old" title, The journal of the American Gareth Jones proposes some possible Christian Scientific Affiliation, will remain as sub-title for the responses to infertility problems such as adoption, journal. surrogate motherhood and artif ical insemination. Any of our readers who saw the NOV A television program WLB VOLUME 39, NUMBER 1, MARCH 1987 1 At the Point of Need~ RAYMOND H. BRAND Professor of Biology Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois Science as servant is the theme emphasized in this paper. In particular, the applications of science in appropriate technology for developing countries are explored. Present priorities for the funding of research and development in affluent western nations are questioned in the light of Biblical principles which emphasize the Christian's responsibility to the poor. Commitment of the Christian who is a scientist to theoretical or pure research is not at issue, but, considering the needs of people in developing countries at this point in world history, there are some extremely expensive areas
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