科學與基督徒信仰：過去，現在與將來

“科學與基督徒信仰：過去，現在與將來”

“科學與基督徒信仰：過去，現在與將來”是一本自然科學與我個人所信崇的基督教會福音派的信仰的大眾科學書，它討論這兩門學科之間在過去、現代與將來的關係。

在歐美早期的文化史，基督教與科學是兩大巨石，基督教是西元第一世紀，因拿撒勒人耶穌的誕生、傳道，猶太人信從他是彌撒亞、非猶太人（通稱為外邦人），接受衪為救主後，才開始有基督教會、基督教徒和他們的信仰。在人類文化中有一較長的歷史，聖經有創造論，記述人類、生物、社會的創始；它固然不是科學性的記述，但內容有人類、日月星晨與 動、植物生長等，是科學性的事實。

現代實驗科學在 16-17世紀萌芽，因科學發達，思維與視野而擴展，導致社會進步、人們生活大為改善，帶來全球人類的福祉，有科學革命之稱，世界觀改觀。1858年，達爾文的“衍化論 (The Evolution Theory)”問世，無神論與唯物論者誤用它，對“創造論”挑戰，在西方社會文化中，有近年來的文化戰爭論不己，圖書館內有關書藉是汗牛充棟。

近數十年來，有識之仕、諾貝爾獎金獲得之學者、知名大學教授、學者與基督教會神學家、教牧等人隨即應戰，透過專著、立論以護衛信仰，建立橋梁以取得相互瞭解、相互共識。各自盡心志以造福人類的福祉。 義大利知名學者、現代實驗科學之父迦利略 (Galileo Galilea, Father of Experimental Sciences) 的名言：“耶和華神，給 我們兩本書，一是聖經─神的話語，另一本書，是所創造的大宇宙。 這倆本書，　神是作者，因此，這倆本書，不應該有所衝突。” 言之至真至實！

“科學與基督徒信仰：過去，現在與將來”，這書，因我深為接受迦利略的信念與名言，為建立科學與基督徒信仰的共識橋梁而寫作立論，提供同道、同業者參考用。

Brief English introduction of “Science and Christian Faith: Their Relationship in the Past, Present and Future”.

The book of “Science and Christian Faith: Their Relationship in the Past, Present and Future” is a book dealing with natural sciences and my personal, evangelical Christian faith, their relationship in time of past, present and future.” It is a semi-science popular reference book.

In western civilization, Christianity and science are historically two Rocks. Christianity was borne when Jesus commenced his ministry among the Jewish people. In a short period of time, Christianity was popularized by his disciples; and extended to the other parts of the world. So, we have Christianity and her ecclesiastic doctrines; and his followers as Christians and Christian Church.

In 16-17th centuries, modern experimental sciences were borne. Three Christian scholars, i. e. Nicholas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilea first formulated the helio-centered universe. Thereby, Christianity was the mother of experimental sciences. In addition, Galileo even suggested a metaphor of Two Books, explaining the mutually explainable relationships between science and faith. Unfortunately, the Roman Catholic Church made a mistake by condemning Galileo as heretic, then to house arrest and consequently died of old age. This left a bad taste in the mouth of scientists. With this, a schism between Christian faith and science was created.

In 1858, Charles Darwin published his “Origin of Species” with an “evolution theory”. The “War Hypothesis” between these two scholarly disciplines was proposed by two American scholars. Several American atheists contributed their efforts to make the conflict being even worsen. All these have been extended to the 21st century.

Beginning in early years of 20th century, eminent scholars such as Albert Einstein, John Polkinghorne, Bernard Ramm and many others endeavored d to build bridge of mutual understanding and reconciliation between the two camps. Einstein said that “All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life from the sphere of mere physical existence, and leading the individuals towards freedom.” The US National Academy of Sciences endorsed Einstein’s conviction.

In recent years, British and American scholars and theologians, following both Galileo’s metaphor of two books and Einstein’s conviction (as given above) have continued to build bridges of mutual understanding and conciliation between science and Christian faith. My book on “Science and Christian faith” is written as wee contribution to this noble undertaking.

劉傑垣博士，祖籍湖南省平江縣，國立台灣大學學士（1951），碩士(1954）；美國明尼斯達大學博士（1957），專攻微生學與分子生物學，接受美國麻省理工學院生物學系教授諾貝爾獎金獲得學者Salvador E. Luria教授指導，從事博士後研究噬菌類分子生物學（1972-73）。曾在美國密西根州立大學生物學系，任 教授三十年之久。1980年，中美外交正常化之後，應中國政府、教育部、農業部農業科學院邀請，在復旦大學、北京師範大學、四川大學、浙江醫大、貴陽醫學院等院校任客座教授26次之多，提升生物學教學與科研到達分子生物學水準，貢獻甚多。 著有教科書二套與大眾科學參考書“科學與基督徒信仰：過去、現在與將來”與“個人回憶錄：織帳棚的日子”。退休後，與夫人黃雲燦女士（公共衛生營養學碩士）定居在美國首都華府郊區，從事於寫作、基督教會福音事業。

Stephen C. Y. Liu, a native of Hunan Province; received his B.Sc. (1951) and M.Sc. (1954) from National Taiwan University; and Ph.D. (1957) from University of Minnesota, majoring in Microbiology and Molecular Biology; and Post-doc. research experience under Nobel Laureate, Prof. Salvador E. Luria at M.I.T. (1971-72). With academic training, he was employed as Prof. of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at State University of Michigan for 30 years. In 1980 when diplomatic relation between USA and People’s Republic of China was normalized, he began to teach-research in the land of his birth at Fudan Univ. in Shanghai; Beijing Teachers’ University, Sichuan University, Zhejiang Medical University, Kweiyang Medical College and many other universities, as Visiting Professor. With all these scholarly activities he was able to elevate the biological teaching-research to molecular levels. Consequently, he authored two sets of textbooks of molecular biology for teaching-research use. In addition, he also authored one popularized science book entitled in "Science and Christian Faith: Their Relationships in time of Past, Present and Future" (1999) and "An Autobiography: As Tent-Maker in Christian Ministry" (1987). After 30 solid years of teaching-researching, he retired from academic life. With his wife Christine, a Nutritionist in public health (MPH), they have been living in the suburban area of Washington, D.C., engaging in scholarly writings and Christian Church ministry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVES OF BOTH THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE PARALLEL MODEL (1)
CHAPTER 3 CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE OF SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY DIFFERENT MODELS (2)
CHAPTER 4 QUOTATIONS BY RENOWNED SCHOLARS
CHAPTER 5 THE BIRTH OF MODERN EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES
CHAPTER 6 THE DICHOTOMY OR DUALITY OF CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE
CHAPTER 7 COMPLEXITY THESIS: A NEW INSIGHT IN THE DEBATE
CHAPTER 8 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCES
CHAPTER 9 CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE SCIENCES
CHAPTER 10 THE WAYS TO KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH
CHAPTER 11 BELIEVE AND CHRISTIAN FAITH SYSTEM
CHAPTER 12 THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION
CHAPTER 13 EVOLUTION THEORY
CHAPTER 14 EVOLUTION THEORY
CHAPTER 15 EVOLUTION THEORY
CHAPTER 16 SOME OTHER THEORIES ON ORIGIN OF LIFE
CHAPTER 17 PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION THEORY
CHAPTER 18 ARE BIG BANG THEORY AND CREATION NARRATIVES
CHAPTER 19 STEM CELLS AND CLONING RESEARCH
CHAPTER 20 GENES GENOMIC, AND THERAPIES
CHAPTER 21 BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND HERMENEUTICS IN RELATION TO SCIENCE
CHAPTER 23 A BRIEF RECORD OF MY LECTURES ON SCIENCE AND FAITH IN BUILDING "BRIDGES"
CHAPTER 24 WARMING TREND IN RECENT YEARS
CHAPTER 25 GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE, AND OUR FINAL CENTURY
CHAPTER 26 PERSPECTIVES OF SCIENCE AND CHRISTIAN FAITH IN 21ST CENTURY