The New Creationism

The academic culture in which science is practiced today is one of tacit - if not explicit - atheism. Nowhere is this more evident than in the scientific study of how the universe began and developed - the field of origins. This book has been written in the conviction that the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis - the Bible's book of beginnings - provide a trustworthy and accurate account of the early history of the universe.

In the increasingly secular age in which we live, it is all too easy to forget that the major disciplines of science were founded by men of broadly Christian convictions. Their names are perhaps familiar to us - Boyle, Ray, Hooke, Newton, Faraday - but there is often an embarrassed silence concerning the spiritual beliefs that motivated these scientific giants.

Like the astronomer, Kepler, these men perceived that in their scientific insights they were thinking God's thoughts after him'. Today, however, there is a sense of collective amnesia about the religious motivations of these men.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Foreword by Dr Andrew Snelling
4. Introduction
5. Part 1: The Heavens and the Earth | Chapter 1: In the Beginning
6. Chapter 2: The Sun, Moon and Stars
7. Chapter 3: There’s No Place Like Home
8. Part 2: Questions of Time | Chapter 4: A Matter of Days
9. Chapter 5: Is the Present the Key to the Past?
10. Chapter 6: The Clock That Ran Fast
11. Chapter 7: A Youthful Creation
12. Part 3: Life—Past and Present | Chapter 8: The Origin of Life
13. Chapter 9: Diversity by Design
14. Chapter 10: Similarities and Relationships
15. Chapter 11: Defects and Degeneration
16. Chapter 12: Embryos and Vestiges
17. Part 4: The Flood and Its Aftermath | Chapter 13: Global Catastrophe
18. Chapter 14: Understanding the Fossil Record
19. Chapter 15: The Coming of the Ice
20. Chapter 16: Confusion, Cavemen and Culture
21. Epilogue
22. Closing Credits