On New Years Eve 2019, bushfires raged across eastern Australia. A month later, a global pandemic changed the way we live and work. On top of all this, the longer-term changes humans are causing to the environment may well lead to dangerous climate change. Is the creation groaning for the time when it, along with God’s people, will be redeemed? In all such issues, both mainstream science and biblical theology are essential for sound Christian thinking; science uncovers the mechanisms (the “how”) of God’s creation, while theology uncovers the meanings and purposes (the “why”). These reflections dip into 14 of the many creation stories in the Bible using them provoke us to think about creation, new creation, science, suffering, and the wonders of God revealed in his handiwork. We begin with first creation, and we finish with new creation.
Author: Chris Mulherin
Chris Mulherin is an Anglican minister and Executive Director of ISCAST (Christianity and Science in Conversation), a network of Christians who rejoice in the benefits of science. Chris is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Divinity and Archbishop of Melbourne’s Adviser for Science–Faith Education. He has degrees in engineering and philosophy from the University of Melbourne and theology from the University of Divinity.