Science and the Mind of the Maker : What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God

Are We an Accident...or Not? The question of cosmic origins and our place in the grand scheme of things has been debated for millennia. Why do we exist? Why does anything exist at all? Today's popular narrative, based on advancements in science, is that it all happened by natural, random processes. Melissa Cain Travis points to powerful evidence that the opposite is true—that cosmology, astronomy, biochemistry, and other disciplines strongly support what she calls "The Maker Thesis," which explains the origin, rationality, and intricacy of nature and the human mind's capacity to comprehend it. Our universe is made up of numerous complex systems of order that both interact and coexist with each other as if in a carefully choreographed dance. Follow along on a fascinating journey about how the structure of nature and the mind of man resonate in ways that point to a Maker who fully intended the astounding discoveries being made in the natural sciences today. Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Prologue: Science as the Experience of a Masterpiece Chapter 1: The Science and Faith Conversation: Understanding the Lay of the Land Chapter 2: The Divine in Nature: A Big (and Ancient) Idea Chapter 3: The Origin and Structure of the Cosmos: Finite and Finely Tuned Chapter 4: Priests in God’s Cosmic Temple: Natural Revelation and the Scientific Revolution Chapter 5: Habitable and Discoverable: A World Just Right for Scientists Chapter 6: A Death Knell for Design Arguments? Natural Theology and Darwin’s Response Chapter 7: The Language of Life: The Marvels of DNA Chapter 8: Revival of the God Hypothesis: Twentieth-Century Physics and Cosmology Chapter 9: A Meeting of the Minds: Our Comprehensible Mathematical Universe Chapter 10: Mind or Marionette? Rationality and the Existence of the Soul Chapter 11: The Maker Thesis: Putting the Pieces Together Notes Other Good Harvest House Reading About the Publisher Join Melissa Cain Travis as she presents her Maker Thesis, exploring the accumulated data gathered from the intricate and orderly universe in which you live, and your mind's capacity to understand the science of creation.