PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND CHRISTIAN FAITHPERSPECTIVES VOLUME 65, NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 2013 on Science and Christian Faith JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION In This Issue … Suggestions for Thinking and Talking about Science and Religion from the Soviet Resonance Controversy, a Chemical Counterpoint to Lysenkoism Emergence: A Biologist’s Look at Complexity in Nature Evolution and Imago Dei The Cambrian Explosion: How Much Bang for the Buck? “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.” Psalm 111:10 VOLUME 65, NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 2013 (US ISSN 0892-2675) (CPM #40927506) Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith Manuscript Guidelines © 2013 by the American Scientific Affiliation The pages of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (PSCF) are open Editor to original, unpublished contributions that interact with science and Christian JAMES C. PETERSON (Roanoke College and faith in a manner consistent with scientific and theological integrity. 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Peterson t is a delight to see insightful essays in my inbox, Few journals are able to draw, as PSCF does, from I whether long anticipated or out of the blue. so many disciplines for the most complex problems Over the last seven issues of this journal, I have such as origins or the nature of being human. There been describing in editorials what is present in those is unusual opportunity here for cross-disciplinary essays that have potential for publication. Even the insight and correction, though that is not a claim best are rarely submitted as ready in every aspect, to offer the final word. While each essay will show but the standards listed below can serve as a helpful mastery of the involved disciplines—no easy task checklist to take into account when preparing a piece in an interdisciplinary journal—there will always be to offer. The editorial team looks for these character- more to discover and discern. It is not unusual for istics, investing its time to guard and serve the substantially contrary articles to appear in the same reader’s time. issue of the journal or in subsequent issues as the discussion develops. The first word in the journal’s title, “Perspectives,” is intentionally plural. At the On Mission leading edge of inquiry, multiple views are almost The Christian tradition is the world’s largest global always in play. Publication means that the approach movement. More than two billion people call them- merits attention, not that it is the end of the discus- selves Christians. Combining sheer numbers with sion. Those who are already absolutely sure proba- two thousand years of reflection and analysis in the bly do not fully understand what they are tradition, there are rich resources to refine and launch discussing. Those who are not as sure are probably thoughtful exploration. The sciences are ever extend- more aware of what is being considered. Or, at least, ing their insight and reach as well. These two interact so it seems to me. at a myriad of interesting and important points. Explaining and furthering that dialogue is the core mission of PSCF. The journal cannot publish every- New thing for everyone, but it does seek to report and There is always more to learn. There can be recurring move forward the most constructive work in this questions and themes, but each new article brings interdisciplinary field. The selected articles serve forward some aspect worthy of consideration that people interested in how the life-giving Christian was not part of the literature before. The author has tradition interacts with the best of science. taken into account and explained the byways on the subject, and now establishes a new contribution. The contribution could be in the conclusion, or in Informed an argument, or in a way of explaining the issue, Someone should be able to see in the essay and but there will always be something new. endnotes what is available on the topic for and against the author’s thesis, including from the previ- New approaches or insights may be disruptive. ous discussion in this journal. The relevant dialogue They may be perceived as undermining other care- on the topic, past and current, will be in full view.