GOD AND MOLECULES CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Religion & Science God’s Providential Work in Creation Before Life Began May 26, 2026 RELIGION / Religion & Science 978-1-5140-0012-0, 304 Pages, PBK, 6 x 9 inches, $29.99
Based on the latest research in the developing field of chemical evolution and the work of theological giants such as Karl Barth, Hastings shows how God may have been providentially and non- competitively at work in the process by which simple prebiotic molecules gave rise to the complex molecules in the first living organisms. In God and Molecules , Hastings: • provides cutting-edge theological engagement with the developing scientific field of chemical evolution, • advances the discussion in theology and science with this new integrative work, and • provides a holistic alternative for thinking about chemical evolution that overcomes the binary of theology versus science. God and Molecules pushes toward new frontiers in theology and science and casts a compelling, integrative, and ultimately healing vision for how God has been lovingly involved in the developmental process of the earliest life on earth.
“Ross Hastings charts a constructive way forward for the dialogue between science and theology. With rigor, humility, and grace, he shows how chemical evolution can be understood within God’s providential care, inviting readers into a vision that is both scientifically credible and theologically grounded.” Andrew Torrance, professor of theology at the school of divinity at the University of St Andrews
W. Ross Hastings (PhD chemistry, Queen’s; PhD theology, St Andrews) is the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver.
— Also by this Author — MISSIONAL GOD, MISSIONAL CHURCH THE GLORY OF THE ASCENSION
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