> > Gladwin wrote: > > > Dear fellow ASAers, > > > > > > At Oregon State University in the last year or so several > > Mainland Chinese graduate students have come to Christ and > > continue to grow in depth and numbers. AS far as i am aware > > this is unprecedented unless there are others of you are > > awareof similar happenings in other universities. Anyway > > coming to the purpose of this letter, they are having a > > forum discussing Evolution/Creation and being a Christian. > > Talking to one of the panelists who is a fellow graduate > > student, i was made aware of the critical need for good > > sources of literature on Science and the Bible in Chinese. > > I recommended the Book written by Charles Hummel "The > > Galileo Connection", and a few others, but does any know of > > any that have chinese translations. Secondly, does anyone > > have or knows about a short article or brochure that > > summarizes a way of being a scientist and a christian, > > celebrating the two without conflict. If you do please let > > me know. Any info in this area will be appreciated. > > > > > > Please reply me at > > > > josephg@fsl.orst.edu > > 503-750-7377 > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > Gladwin > > > > I would also appreciate receiving information of this type. I have > been teaching English as a Second Language and also a Bible study > for internationals for about four years now. Both groups are almost > entirely asian with the majority being from mainland China. > > Just last sunday one the mainland Chinese students said he'd seen > something on TV about the evolution/creation debate and said he > wanted to discuss it. He happens to be an atheist working on his > PhD in molecular biology so obviously I have to be very careful > what I say. Obviously I will not tell him that evolution and > Christianity are opposed to each other :-). > > I know of no books in Chinese, hopefully others can help. John > Turnbull gave a quote the other day from a book that may have > some things of use. The book is: > > <Cosmos, Bios, Theos>, ed. Henry Margenau and Roy A. Varghese, > Open Court, 1992. > > The book consists mainly of responses by well known scientists to > questions related to science/religion/God. Quite a few of the > respondents expressed a belief in God and a number were Christians. > > ============================ > Brian Harper | > Associate Professor | "It is not certain that all is uncertain, > Applied Mechanics | to the glory of skepticism" -- Pascal > Ohio State University | > >
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John P. Turnbull (jpt@ccfadm.eeg.ccf.org)Cleveland Clinic FoundationDept. of Neurology, Section of Neurological ComputingM52-119500 Euclid Ave.Cleveland Ohio 44195Telephone (216) 444-8041; FAX (216) 444-9401