The Soul of Science, ch. 5

This chapter seeks to demonstrate the rich history of interaction between science and faith. Despite the re-writing of history, Christians were on the forefront of biology until materialism took over through the writing of Darwin. The tension between the dominant philosophies forced questions to move away from theory. The problem is that all science is based on a set of assumptions, theories and therefore expected conclusions. "Darwin's intention was to promote a new epistemology in science - a positivist epistemology that limited science to mechanistic explanations."

It would be refreshing to see Christians in biology (and all fields) ask the question, "what conclusions would we expect to draw if God were active in my field of study?" The epistemology would drive us to perform certain tests.