Book Reviews
Newberg, Andrew, Eugene D’Aquili and Vince Rause, Why God Won’t Go Away -
Brain Science & the Biology of Belief (Ballantine Books: New York 2001) ISBN 0-345-
44034-X $14. As reviewed Nov. 16, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Fagg, Lawrence W., The Becoming of Time – Integrating Physical and Religious Time
(Scholars Press: Atlanta, Georgia, 1995) ISBN 0-7885-0059-7 $20.46. As reviewed
November 16, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Pruett, Dave, Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit
(Praeger: Santa Barbara, California 2012) ISBN 978-0-313-39919-0 $58. As reviewed
October 13, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Campbell, Heidi A. and Heather Looy Editors. A Science and Religion Primer
(Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8010-3150-2 (pbk.)
$16.13 As reviewed June 21, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Gerald L. Schroeder, “The Science of God – The Convergence of Scientific and
Biblical Wisdom” (Broadway Books: New York, 1998 paperback) ISBN 0-7696-0303-
X. Review by Walt Shropshire, February, 2012
Dawkins, Richard. Illustrated by Dave McKean. (2011). The Magic of Reality: How We
Know What’s Really True. Free Press, New York. [ISBN 978-1-4391-9281-8]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
December, 2011.
Polkinghorne, John. (2010). Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible. Grand
Rapids, Michigan. Brazos Press. [ISBN 978-1-58743-313-9, $11.44 from Amazon.com,
$8.88 Kindle ver.]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
December, 2011.
Giberson, Karl W., Collins, Francis S. (2011). The Language of Science and Faith:
Straight Answers to Genuine Questions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. [ISBN
978-0-8308-3829-5 Hardcover $20.00]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
August 2011.
Barrett, Deirdre. (2010). Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their
Evolutionary Purpose. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
[ISBN 978-0-393-06848-1 As Reviewed $15.85]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, January 2011
Bly, Adam. (Ed.). (2010). Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection
of Science + Society. New York: Harper Perennial.
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Collins, Francis S. (2010). Belief – Readings on the reason for faith. New York:
Harper One. [ISBN 978-0-06-178734-8 As reviewed: $19.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Dixon, Thomas. (2008). Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford,
United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0-19-929551-7 Paperback
$8.19]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Dowd, Michael. (2009). Thank God for evolution: How the marriage of science and
religion will transform your life and our world. New York: A Plume Book, Penguin
Group. [ISBN: 978-0-452-29534-6 As Reviewed: Paperback, 411 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Fortey, Richard. (1998). Life: A natural history of the first four billion years of life on
earth. New York: Vintage Books, Alfred A. Knopf. [paperback edition 1999. 346 pp.
ISBN: 037570261X]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Frank, Adam. (2009). The constant fire: Beyond the science and religion dialogue.
Berkley, CA: The University of California Press. [As Reviewed: 288 pp. Paperback
edition: 2010. ISBN: 9780520265868]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Goldstein, Rebecca Newberger. (2010). 36 arguments for the existence of God: A work
of fiction. New York: Pantheon Books.
[ISBN: 9780307378187 As Reviewed: 402 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Grassie, William. (2010). The New Sciences of Religion: Exploring Spirituality from the
Outside In and Bottom Up. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [ISBN 978-0-230-10877-
6 (alk. Paper) ISBN 978-0-230-10876-9 (alk. Paper) $28.16]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Hawking, Stephen, & Mlodinow, Leonard. (2010). The grand design. New York:
Bantam Books. [ISBN 978-0-553-80537-6 As Reviewed: $28.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Holland, John H. (1998). Emergence: From chaos to order. Reading, MA: Addison-
Wesley Publishing Company, Helix Books. [hardcover, 258 pp. ISBN: 0201149435]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Holmes, Richard. (2008). The age of wonder: How the romantic generation discovered
the beauty and terror of science. New York: Pantheon Books.
[ISBN 978-0-375-422222-5 As Reviewed: $40.00]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Holmes, William A. (2010). Mature Christianity: For come-of-age Christians in a come-
of-age world. Lutz, FL: Resurgence Publishing Corporation. [As reviewed: $15.00 --
available at www.resurgencepublishing.com -- ISBN 0-9763892-3-1]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Jeeves, Malcolm, & Brown, Warren S. (2009). Neuroscience, Psychology, and
Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature. Templeton
Foundation Press: West Conshohocken, PA. (Templeton Science and Religion Series)
[ISBN 10-59947-147-7 pbk. $14.70 As Reviewed]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, January 2011
Masood, Ehsan. (2009). Science and Islam: A History. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and
Unwin Pty Ltd. [ISBN 978-184831-081-0 As reviewed $16.00]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Miller, Kenneth R. (2007). Finding Darwin’s God: A scientist’s search for common
ground between God and evolution. New York: Harper Collins. [ISBN: 0-06-017593-
1 As Reviewed: Paperback, Perennial edition reissued, 338 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Muir, Fredric. (Ed.). (2010). The whole world kin: Darwin and the spirit of liberal
religion. Boston, MA: Skinner House Books. [ISBN: 978-1-55896-556-0 As Reviewed:
Paperback, 118 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Oord, Thomas Jay (Ed.). (2009). Creation made free: Open theology engaging science.
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications. [ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-488-5]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Peacocke, Arthur. (2001). Paths from science towards God: The end of all our
exploring. New York: Oneworld Publications. [ISBN: 1-85168-245-7]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Peck, M. Scott. (1996). In heaven as on earth: A vision of the afterlife. New York:
Hyperion.
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Potts, Richard, & Sloan, Christopher. (2010) What does it mean to be human?
Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society. [ISBN 978-1-4262-0606-1 As
Reviewed $22.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Schlagel, Richard H. (2010). Seeking the truth – How science has prevailed over the
supernatural worldview. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books. [ISBN 978-1-59102-774-4
As Reviewed $39.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Shorto, Russell. (2008). Descartes’ bones: A skeletal history of the conflict between
faith and reason. New York: Vintage Books/Random house. [ISBN: 978-0-307-27566-
0]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Shubin, Neil. (2009). Your inner fish: A journey into the 3.5 billion-year history of the
human body. New York: Vintage Books/Random House. [ISBN: 978-0-307-27745-9
As Reviewed: Paperback, 237 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Sobel, Dava. (1999). Galileo’s daughter: A historical memoir of science, faith, and
love. New York: Penguin Books. [ISBN: 0-14-028055-3 As Reviewed: Paperback, 420
pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Stillwell, Lisa. (2010). The Heavens Proclaim His Glory: A Spectacular View of
Creation Through the Lens of the Hubble Telescope. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.
[ISBN 13: 978-1-40418-958-4 As Reviewed $19.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Swimme, Brian. (1999). The hidden heart of the cosmos: Humanity and the new story.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Toolan, David. (2001). At home in the cosmos. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Wolpert, Lewis. (2008). Six impossible things before breakfast: The evolutionary
origins of belief. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. (Original work published
2006) [As reviewed $15.95 ISBN 978-0-393-33203-2 pbk]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Wright, Robert. (2009). The evolution of God. New York: Little, Brown, and
Company. [ISBN 978-0-316-73491-2 As Reviewed $25.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Wright, Robert. (1994). The moral animal: Evolutionary psychology and everyday life.
New York: Vintage Books/ Random House. [ISBN: 0-679-76399-6 As Reviewed:
Paperback, 466 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Brain Science & the Biology of Belief (Ballantine Books: New York 2001) ISBN 0-345-
44034-X $14. As reviewed Nov. 16, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Fagg, Lawrence W., The Becoming of Time – Integrating Physical and Religious Time
(Scholars Press: Atlanta, Georgia, 1995) ISBN 0-7885-0059-7 $20.46. As reviewed
November 16, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Pruett, Dave, Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit
(Praeger: Santa Barbara, California 2012) ISBN 978-0-313-39919-0 $58. As reviewed
October 13, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Campbell, Heidi A. and Heather Looy Editors. A Science and Religion Primer
(Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8010-3150-2 (pbk.)
$16.13 As reviewed June 21, 2012 by Walter Shropshire for WesNex.
Gerald L. Schroeder, “The Science of God – The Convergence of Scientific and
Biblical Wisdom” (Broadway Books: New York, 1998 paperback) ISBN 0-7696-0303-
X. Review by Walt Shropshire, February, 2012
Dawkins, Richard. Illustrated by Dave McKean. (2011). The Magic of Reality: How We
Know What’s Really True. Free Press, New York. [ISBN 978-1-4391-9281-8]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
December, 2011.
Polkinghorne, John. (2010). Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible. Grand
Rapids, Michigan. Brazos Press. [ISBN 978-1-58743-313-9, $11.44 from Amazon.com,
$8.88 Kindle ver.]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
December, 2011.
Giberson, Karl W., Collins, Francis S. (2011). The Language of Science and Faith:
Straight Answers to Genuine Questions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. [ISBN
978-0-8308-3829-5 Hardcover $20.00]
Review by Dr. Kazuyoshi Kawata, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University.
August 2011.
Barrett, Deirdre. (2010). Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their
Evolutionary Purpose. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
[ISBN 978-0-393-06848-1 As Reviewed $15.85]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, January 2011
Bly, Adam. (Ed.). (2010). Science Is Culture: Conversations at the New Intersection
of Science + Society. New York: Harper Perennial.
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Collins, Francis S. (2010). Belief – Readings on the reason for faith. New York:
Harper One. [ISBN 978-0-06-178734-8 As reviewed: $19.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Dixon, Thomas. (2008). Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford,
United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0-19-929551-7 Paperback
$8.19]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Dowd, Michael. (2009). Thank God for evolution: How the marriage of science and
religion will transform your life and our world. New York: A Plume Book, Penguin
Group. [ISBN: 978-0-452-29534-6 As Reviewed: Paperback, 411 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Fortey, Richard. (1998). Life: A natural history of the first four billion years of life on
earth. New York: Vintage Books, Alfred A. Knopf. [paperback edition 1999. 346 pp.
ISBN: 037570261X]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Frank, Adam. (2009). The constant fire: Beyond the science and religion dialogue.
Berkley, CA: The University of California Press. [As Reviewed: 288 pp. Paperback
edition: 2010. ISBN: 9780520265868]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Goldstein, Rebecca Newberger. (2010). 36 arguments for the existence of God: A work
of fiction. New York: Pantheon Books.
[ISBN: 9780307378187 As Reviewed: 402 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Grassie, William. (2010). The New Sciences of Religion: Exploring Spirituality from the
Outside In and Bottom Up. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [ISBN 978-0-230-10877-
6 (alk. Paper) ISBN 978-0-230-10876-9 (alk. Paper) $28.16]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Hawking, Stephen, & Mlodinow, Leonard. (2010). The grand design. New York:
Bantam Books. [ISBN 978-0-553-80537-6 As Reviewed: $28.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Holland, John H. (1998). Emergence: From chaos to order. Reading, MA: Addison-
Wesley Publishing Company, Helix Books. [hardcover, 258 pp. ISBN: 0201149435]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Holmes, Richard. (2008). The age of wonder: How the romantic generation discovered
the beauty and terror of science. New York: Pantheon Books.
[ISBN 978-0-375-422222-5 As Reviewed: $40.00]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Holmes, William A. (2010). Mature Christianity: For come-of-age Christians in a come-
of-age world. Lutz, FL: Resurgence Publishing Corporation. [As reviewed: $15.00 --
available at www.resurgencepublishing.com -- ISBN 0-9763892-3-1]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Jeeves, Malcolm, & Brown, Warren S. (2009). Neuroscience, Psychology, and
Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature. Templeton
Foundation Press: West Conshohocken, PA. (Templeton Science and Religion Series)
[ISBN 10-59947-147-7 pbk. $14.70 As Reviewed]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, January 2011
Masood, Ehsan. (2009). Science and Islam: A History. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and
Unwin Pty Ltd. [ISBN 978-184831-081-0 As reviewed $16.00]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Miller, Kenneth R. (2007). Finding Darwin’s God: A scientist’s search for common
ground between God and evolution. New York: Harper Collins. [ISBN: 0-06-017593-
1 As Reviewed: Paperback, Perennial edition reissued, 338 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Muir, Fredric. (Ed.). (2010). The whole world kin: Darwin and the spirit of liberal
religion. Boston, MA: Skinner House Books. [ISBN: 978-1-55896-556-0 As Reviewed:
Paperback, 118 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Oord, Thomas Jay (Ed.). (2009). Creation made free: Open theology engaging science.
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications. [ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-488-5]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Peacocke, Arthur. (2001). Paths from science towards God: The end of all our
exploring. New York: Oneworld Publications. [ISBN: 1-85168-245-7]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Peck, M. Scott. (1996). In heaven as on earth: A vision of the afterlife. New York:
Hyperion.
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Potts, Richard, & Sloan, Christopher. (2010) What does it mean to be human?
Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society. [ISBN 978-1-4262-0606-1 As
Reviewed $22.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Schlagel, Richard H. (2010). Seeking the truth – How science has prevailed over the
supernatural worldview. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books. [ISBN 978-1-59102-774-4
As Reviewed $39.00]
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Shorto, Russell. (2008). Descartes’ bones: A skeletal history of the conflict between
faith and reason. New York: Vintage Books/Random house. [ISBN: 978-0-307-27566-
0]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Shubin, Neil. (2009). Your inner fish: A journey into the 3.5 billion-year history of the
human body. New York: Vintage Books/Random House. [ISBN: 978-0-307-27745-9
As Reviewed: Paperback, 237 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Sobel, Dava. (1999). Galileo’s daughter: A historical memoir of science, faith, and
love. New York: Penguin Books. [ISBN: 0-14-028055-3 As Reviewed: Paperback, 420
pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
Stillwell, Lisa. (2010). The Heavens Proclaim His Glory: A Spectacular View of
Creation Through the Lens of the Hubble Telescope. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.
[ISBN 13: 978-1-40418-958-4 As Reviewed $19.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, December 2010
Swimme, Brian. (1999). The hidden heart of the cosmos: Humanity and the new story.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Toolan, David. (2001). At home in the cosmos. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
Reviewed By Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Wolpert, Lewis. (2008). Six impossible things before breakfast: The evolutionary
origins of belief. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. (Original work published
2006) [As reviewed $15.95 ISBN 978-0-393-33203-2 pbk]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus, November 2010
Wright, Robert. (2009). The evolution of God. New York: Little, Brown, and
Company. [ISBN 978-0-316-73491-2 As Reviewed $25.99]
Reviewed by Walter Shropshire for WesleyNexus
Wright, Robert. (1994). The moral animal: Evolutionary psychology and everyday life.
New York: Vintage Books/ Random House. [ISBN: 0-679-76399-6 As Reviewed:
Paperback, 466 pp.]
Reviewed by E. Maynard Moore of WesleyNexus
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