Review of Greg Cootsona, Mere Science and Christian Faith

Footnote

Rodney D. Holder, "Review of Greg Cootsona, Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults," Participatio Supplemental Volume 4: "Torrance and the Wesleyan Tradition" (2018): 144-147.

Bibliography

Holder, Rodney D. Review of Greg Cootsona, Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging AdultsParticipatio Supplemental Volume 4: "Torrance and the Wesleyan Tradition" (2018): 144-147.

Abstract

This is a well-written introduction to the relationship between science and Christianity. It seeks to engage “emerging adults,” a category taken from psychologist Jeffrey Arnett somewhat narrower than “millennials,” the term I am more familiar with. Essentially these are 18-30 year-olds and are “emerging” because they reach five milestones marking adulthood – leaving home, finishing school, becoming financially independent, getting married and having children – later than previous generations. It is a demographic looking for personal meaning and identity, frequently changing direction and open to many different futures, and with attendant anxieties; and it is a generation much less likely to be church-going than earlier generations. However, whilst recognising the narrative of conflict in the surrounding culture, emerging adults are, on the whole, more tolerant and open to alternative readings....

Issue
Torrance and the Wesleyan Tradition