John C Lennox:
Holm’s book is an excellent addition to the literature on science and religion. With a delightful Scandinavian flavour, and with the keen insight of a practising research physicist, Holm takes a balanced three-pronged approach to the topic—historical, scientific and philosophical. Amply supported by carefully curated, detailed research, he rehabilitates the science of the Middle Ages, illuminates in a fresh way the iconic historical controversies on the motion and age of the earth and reflects on contemporary thinking on the nature of evolution.
Showing a clear grasp of the importance of distinguishing science from worldview, Holm traces how the idea of conflict between science and God developed and why that conflict is imagined rather than real.
This book is a model of fair enquiry, and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in understanding how science and the Christian faith can both coexist and thrive in fruitful dialogue.
John C Lennox MA MMath MA(Bioethics) DPhil PhD DSc FISSR
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford
Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science
Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Michael Ots:
In my travels to universities across Europe I have found that the idea that there is a conflict between science and God is still commonly accepted by many students. In this engaging and well researched book, Sverre Holm shows how absurd this conflict narrative really is. Not only did the book convincingly debunk the idea of an ongoing conflict, I also found that it increased my appreciation of science and deepened my love for the God who stands behind it all. Whatever your view on the relationship between science and God, you will find this book illuminating and insightful!
Michael Ots, Field Director of FEUER
(Fellowship of Evangelists in the universities of Europe).
– a ministry of IFES
David Cranston:
This magnificent and well written book by Sverre Holm, himself a distinguished scientist and member of the Norwegian Academy of technological sciences debunks the idea that science and faith are in conflict. In a masterly overview of both science and the Christian faith from a historical and theological perspective, he shows how the Christian faith has influenced the development of science down the centuries and rather than looking at faith as a ‘God of the gaps’ he demonstrates that many scientists throughout history, and indeed today, follow the thoughts of the 17th Century German astronomer and philosopher Johannes Kepler “O God, I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee”. Sverre Holm demonstrates how science and faith are complementary rather than antagonistic, and if science asks ‘how’ it is left to faith to ask the deepest ‘why’ questions.
Professor David Cranston D.Phil., FRCS.
Emeritus Associate Professor of Surgery University of Oxford
Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College Oxford
Clinical Director High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Unit
Based on the 2021 Norwegian original, 2nd edition.
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