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The Deconstructionists

Ep 24 - Dr. Deb Haarsma ”14 Billion Years of Love”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4823 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak with Dr. Deborah Harsmaa. Deborah Haarsma serves as the President of BioLogos, a position she has held since January 2013. Previously, she served as professor and chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gifted in interpreting complex scientific topics for lay audiences, Dr. Haarsma often speaks to churches, colleges, and schools about the relationships between science and Christian faith. She is author (along with her husband Loren Haarsma) of Origins: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (2011, 2007), a book presenting the agreements and disagreements of Christians regarding the history of life and the universe. Many congregations, Christian high schools, and Christian colleges use the book as a guide for navigating Christian debates over creation and evolution. She edited Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church (2012) with Rev. Scott Hoezee, an anthology of essays by Christian biologists, astronomers, mathematicians, and other scientists. She and Hoezee directed The Ministry Theorem, a project of Calvin Theological Seminary and the Calvin College Science Division to provide pastors and ministry leaders with resources for engaging science in the life of the church. She also contributed to the Faraday Institute's Test of Faith (2010) film and curriculum, and to Keith Miller's Perspectives on an Evolving Creation. Haarsma is an experienced research scientist, with several publications in the Astrophysical Journal and the Astronomical Journal on extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. She has studied very large galaxies (at the centers of galaxy clusters), very young galaxies (undergoing rapid star formation in the early universe), and gravitational lenses (where spacetime is curved by a massive object). Her work uses data from several major telescopes, including the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico, the Southern Astrophysical Research optical and infrared telescope in Cerro Pachon, Chile, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory in orbit around the earth. Haarsma completed her doctoral work in astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her undergraduate work in physics and music at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Guest Published Works: Dr. Haarsma is the author of the books: Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church and Origin: Christian Perspectives on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. She is also the author of numerous essays and blogs regularly at BioLogos. Dr. Haarsma also contributed to the Faraday Institute’s film Test of Faith. Guest Website/Social Media: http://biologos.org/about-us/our-team/deborah-haarsma http://origins.faithaliveresources.org/ Facebook: Deborah Haarsma & BioLogos Twitter: BioLogosOrg Special guest music on this episode provided by: Clay Kirchenbauer Enjoy the songs? Songs featured on this episode were: At Last (Reprise), Lights in the Sky, At Last, & To the Dust from the Creation EP. Clay’s music is available on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, & Apple Music. Donation: If you’re digging what we’re doing here consider making a small donation. Maintaining a podcast isn’t cheap and every dollar donated helps us to keep this thing going. Money donated goes to helping to purchase research materials, maintenance of the website, storage of episodes, etc. Thank you so much in advance! Click the link below to donate: Htps://squareup.com/store/thedeconstructionists The Deconstructionist’s Podcast is mixed and edited by Nicholas Rowe at National Audio Preservation Society: A full service recording studio and creative habitat, located in Heath, Ohio. Find them on Facebook and Twitter or visit their website for more information. www.nationalaudiopreservationsociety.weebly.com www.facebook.com/nationalaudiopreservationsociety Twitter: @napsrecording Supp Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Well, hi, deconstructionist listeners. This is Science Mike, and before you get started with your

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beloved podcast, I've got a quick bit of exciting news to share with you. I'm going on tour this fall

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to support my new book, Finding God in the Waves, with a series of special events, including Ask

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Science Mike live appearances. The dates announced so far

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are going to be in Tallahassee, Denver, Nashville, Columbus, Atlanta, Chicago, and Grand Haven,

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as well as Portland. Now, if you're going to come to any of those, I'd love to see you, but pay

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special attention to the Columbus, Ohio event, because I heard

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that the deconstructionist crew themselves are going to be there. So I'd love to hang out with you

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and the host of one of my favorite podcasts at the same time. You can learn more by going to

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Finding Godinthewaves.com

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slash tour.

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Thanks, and I hope to see you soon.

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Here I wait.

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The deconstructions stay

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away my faith.

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