This week's reading Campolo - How to Rescue the Earth Without Worshipping Nature

This is my second week at the Intitute of Environmental Studies, where I hope to do research on international environmental relations for the next 4 years. I have done a lot a reading. My political science/international relations background is helpful, but insufficient, so I read like mad.

My friend Marco (my roommate) got me this book. And I am very happy about it. (I honestly doubt whether most of my colleagues would be so enthousiastic about it, but I love it.) Because I want to worship God in my work and see things from Jesus' perspective. I believe that when Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6), he meant total truth.

I personally do not see contradictions between faith and science. In fact, as far as science aims at truth finding, it cannot be an other truth than the one truth that Christ represented. It is sad that today many people keep faith in a private realm while making room for science in the public realm. There is no real science without the Maker of all! And I refuse to live a schizophrenic lifestyle; professing Christ in Church, at home and with friends, while keeping Christ out of my working place.

I admit that it will not always be easy to live out Christ at work. But I pray that I will be a witness of the ultimate truth. That is why I want to start a study group/society, to discuss the compatibility of a holistic Christian worldview and science. This group should meet at the Vrije Universiteit. The university where I work was founded by Abraham Kuyper, a famous Dutch theologian and statesman. He ardently advocated a holistic Christian worldview, in science, in religion, in politics, in all aspects of life. Later this year I will start a blog on this subject: The Abraham Kuyper Society.

I am excited to learn more about the relations between God and His creation, between people and the rest of creation and how to help bringing His creation to wholeness again.

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