Dr Ernest Lucas, Vice-Principal and Tutor in Biblical Studies, Bristol Baptist College

Understanding
Genesis Today
Dr Ernest Lucas addressed these issues in a seminar at Bushey Baptist Church recently, click to hear his talk.

This year marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of ‘The Origin of the Species’
This landmark publication stimulated much debate between Christians and scientists over the early chapters of the book of Genesis.
How do science and faith relate?
Has science disproved the Bible?
How should these parts of the Bible be understood?

Dr Ernest Lucas’s profile
Ernest Lucas has an MA in Chemistry from Oxford University and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Kent. He did post-doctoral research in biochemistry in the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Oxford University before studying Theology at Oxford. After being ordained as a Baptist Minister he was minister of Baptist Churches in Durham City and Liverpool. He obtained a PhD in Oriental Studies from Liverpool University.

He was Associate Director of the Institute for Contemporary Christianity in London before moving to Bristol Baptist College (an affiliated college of Bristol University) where he is Vice-Principal and Tutor in Biblical Studies. The course he teaches on Science and Christianity has received a Templeton Award as has a paper he has published on 'Science, Wisdom, Eschatology and the Cosmic Christ'. Among his recent books is Can we believe Genesis today? (IVP, re-published 2005) and ‘Think God, think Science (Paternoster, 2008). He is married to Hazel, a physics teacher, and they have two sons.