Faith across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science

by Andy Walsh

Science is often presented as a set of propositions to affirm. On those terms, the existence of God becomes yet another such proposition, and all science can offer is a yes or a no . Andy Walsh thinks science offers more. By enriching our language with new concepts, science can help us know God, rather than merely know of him. This is the pattern established in the Bible; the psalmists, the prophets, the epistle writers, they all use language about nature to help us understand God. Even Jesus relied on metaphors from the natural world when he wanted to explain the kingdom of God. Faith across the Multiverse explores concepts from contemporary science to illuminate scripture and reveal more about the God who has unfurled the multiverse. Sections of the book cover metaphors and parables from mathematics, physics, biology, and computer science.

300 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2018

Reviews

[Kevin Groosalugg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The other books I have read on the subject of science vs religion read more like 99 reason why God can't exist. Andy Walsh took a different approach, attempting to show why the two don't have to be at odds. Most sections paralleled both a field of science and a nerdy pop culture subject with an aspect of the Bible. Being somewhat of a nerd myself this approach worked for me. Most chapters were easily understandable (though not a quick read for sure), the only painful part for me was physics/quantum mechanics. This may not however be a shortcoming of the writing, this is probably not coincidentally the field I have the least understanding of.

I felt that a few of the parallels were a bit of a stretch, possibly correlated but not necessarily causal but I have not read anything on this subject where I haven't felt that way. Overall the author did a very good job approaching things from a fresh angle. I would definitely pick up another book by him.

The writing often has a quirky comedic tone, which complemented the subject matter well.

While I now have some interesting new ideas about interpreting the Bible to think about, I also got a refresher on some science I learned decades ago, explained from a different perspective.

[Laurie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun Christian nerd book—I liked it very much!

[Andi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Parts of it were a little bit above my head but I really enjoyed the things I did understand.