Book Review: Determining the Age of the Earth, a Natural History of Time

Abstract The aim of this article is to investigate how Abraham Kuyper and some late neo-Calvinists have addressed the doctrine of creation in light of the challenges posed by evolutionary scientific theory. I argue that most neo-Calvinists today, particularly scholars from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), continue Kuyper’s legacy by holding the core principles of a creationist worldview. Yet, they have taken a new direction by explaining the natural history of the earth in evolutionary terms. In my analysis, Kuyper’s heirs at the VU today offer judicious parameters to guide Christians in conversation with evolutionary science, precisely because of their high appreciation of good science and awareness of the nonnegotiable elements that make up the orthodox Christian narrative.

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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIOSPHERE AS A KEY TO SOLVE ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS (TO THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF A.N. TYURYUKANOV)

THE LIFE OF THE EARTH ◽

10.29003/m2000.0514-7468.2020_43_1/130-138 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 130-136

Author(s):

Valeriy SNAKIN

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

20Th Century ◽

Soil Science ◽

Natural Scientist ◽

The Earth ◽

Ecological Problems ◽

90Th Anniversary ◽

History Of ◽

Landscape Geochemistry ◽

Nature Development

Anatolij Nikiforovich Tyuryukanov (1931-2001), Dr.Sci (Biol.), professor was a remarkable Russian natural scientist, who made a signifi contribution to soil science and the theory of the biosphere. Investigation of Tyuryukanov’s works shows both evolution of the author’s scientifi interests and development of natural history in Russia in 20th century. He formulated the biosphere natural history principle founded on a new fundamental category of sciences foundation in 20th century. Th principle is based on genetic soil science, biogeocenology, landscape geochemistry and main branches of the Earth biosphere and vitasphere study. Interesting and sometimes unexpected assertions of A.N. Tyuryukanovs provide food for thought about both further studies of nature, development of biosphere study and refl on the human and biosphere relationships.

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"Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians" by Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell. 2009. [book review]

The Canadian Field-Naturalist ◽

10.22621/cfn.v123i4.1015 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 123 (4) ◽

pp. 379

Author(s):

Francis R. Cook

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

West Indian ◽

History Of

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II. Observations on Granite

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ◽

10.1017/s0080456800020305 ◽

1794 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 77-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

James Hutton

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

The State ◽

Hard Materials ◽

The Earth ◽

History Of ◽

Fluid Matter

Since reading the paper upon the theory of the earth, I have been employed in examining many parts of this country, in order to enquire into the natural history of granite. In this undertaking, I have succeeded beyond my most flattering expectations; and I am now to communicate to this Society the result of my observations.In the paper just referred to, it was maintained, from many different arguments, that all the solid strata of the earth had been consolidated by means of subterraneous heat, softening the hard materials of those bodies; and that in many places, those consolidated strata had been broken and invaded by huge masses of fluid matter similar to lava, but, for the most part, perfectly distinguishable from it. Granite also was considered there as a body which had been certainly consolidated by heat; and which had, at least in some parts, been in the state of perfect fusion, and certain specimens were produced, from which I drew an argument in support of this conclusion.

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