Description
Book SynopsisArgues that however misguided individual conclusions about science may be, most Christians
reason their way to those conclusions in the same way that non-Christians do: they rely upon trusted sources of information to guide them through an overwhelmingly expansive information landscape.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Christianity and the Mistrust of Experts
- 1 The Science of Science Skepticism: Three Explanations for Christian Mistrust
- 2 Christian Skepticism toward Experts: A Brief History
- 3 Blinded by Naturalism: Can Secular Science Be Trusted?
- 4 Science and the Holy Spirit: The Relevance of Christianity to Technical Knowledge
- 5 Against Common Sense: The Limits of "Thinking for Yourself"
- 6 Why Christians Need Expert: Between Blind Trust and Populist Skepticism
- 7 Different Types of Expertise: Science Compared to Other Kinds of Knowledge
- 8 What Scientific Experts Cannot Tell Us: The Goals and Boundaries of Science
- 9 Communities of Critical Thinking: A Christian Defense of Institutions for Knowledge
- 10 Against the Conspiratorial Frame: Scientific Trust and the Future of the Church
