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This thesis studies the impact of teaching intelligent design to evangelical students. Science is often presented as a reason why some find sharing their faith difficult in a secular culture: teaching the science of intelligent design enables Christians to initiate conversations and overcome obstacles with those whose worldview is more Darwinian and materialist. The professional doctoral research employs both action research and practical theology. Lin Norton's pedagogical action research provides the structure for the qualitative research and thematic analysis, showing that students find learning about intelligent design empowering for evangelism. Richard Osmer's model of practical theology enables an interdisciplinary reflection on how intelligent design challenges Western secular culture. Intelligent design is seen as the most integrative of all the different ways of relating science and theology. Theologically, teaching intelligent design is like teaching a modern parable to contemporary society and, just like the Gospel parables, some respond with faith and some reject it. Evangelical students find learning about it both liberating and empowering in their ability to share their faith more confidently with others, especially in schools and youth groups.

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In an era when science is perceived by many to be an obstacle to faith, McKitterick shows how equipping Christian students with evidence of nature's intelligent design can give them confidence to engage their secular friends in life-changing conversations. Highly valuable for pastors, youth leaders, teachers at Christian schools, and anyone interested in how to navigate current discussions involving science and faith. --John G. West, Vice President, Discovery Institute Everyone who cares about raising up the next generation of faithful Christ followers should take notice: the poisonous lie that we are evolutionary accidents is being pushed relentlessly upon students, and many of them are swallowing it. In Faithful Science, McKitterick delivers the antidote with scholarly precision and pastoral wisdom--fight bad science with good science. Equip students to see both the scientific failure of Darwinism and the scientific certainty that they are intelligently designed. --Douglas Axe, Maxwell Professor of Molecular Biology, Biola University Faithful Science equips Christians to have confidence that they can engage intelligently in conversation recognizing the great discoveries made by science while at the same time pointing to the incredible evidence of intelligence in the design of the universe. . . . An incredible resource for everyone who wishes to engage intelligently with those who think that science is the Christian believer's Achilles' heel. --Philip McCormack, Principal, Spurgeon's College

"""In an era when science is perceived by many to be an obstacle to faith, McKitterick shows how equipping Christian students with evidence of nature's intelligent design can give them confidence to engage their secular friends in life-changing conversations. Highly valuable for pastors, youth leaders, teachers at Christian schools, and anyone interested in how to navigate current discussions involving science and faith."" --John G. West, Vice President, Discovery Institute ""Everyone who cares about raising up the next generation of faithful Christ followers should take notice: the poisonous lie that we are evolutionary accidents is being pushed relentlessly upon students, and many of them are swallowing it. In Faithful Science, McKitterick delivers the antidote with scholarly precision and pastoral wisdom--fight bad science with good science. Equip students to see both the scientific failure of Darwinism and the scientific certainty that they are intelligently designed."" --Douglas Axe, Maxwell Professor of Molecular Biology, Biola University ""Faithful Science equips Christians to have confidence that they can engage intelligently in conversation recognizing the great discoveries made by science while at the same time pointing to the incredible evidence of intelligence in the design of the universe. . . . An incredible resource for everyone who wishes to engage intelligently with those who think that science is the Christian believer's Achilles' heel."" --Philip McCormack, Principal, Spurgeon's College"

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Alistair J. McKitterick is Tutor and Lecturer in biblical and theological studies at Moorlands College in Christchurch, United Kingdom.

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