Dinosaurs Volcanoes and Holy Writ: A Boy-Turned-Scientist Journeys from Fundamentalism to Faith

An earnest young boy who loves nature grows up the son of a fundamentalist pastor. He goes to college trains as a biologist and becomes a successful university professor. In the process he finds some of the religious beliefs that carried him through childhood and adolescence indefensible in the face of evidence from biology and geology--and even from Scripture itself. Whats he to do? This is the journey of a boy-turned-scientist who finds a path away from the idols of fundamentalism and toward a universe rich with process intrigue and mystery. Along the way he discovers a faith consistent with physical reality one open to beauty kindness and hope.