The Clergy Behind Science as We Know It | Millennials Can Leave Evangelicalism. But Not Its Pop Culture: CT Weekly

[Biggest Mennonite Conference Leaves Denomination | Top 20 CT Articles of 2017] Also: Biggest Mennonite Conference Leaves Denomination | Top 20 CT Articles of 2017 | [View online]( [ChristianityToday.org]( [Christianity Today Weekly Newsletter]( Friday, January 05, 2018 SCIENCE [The Clergy Behind Science as We Know It]( Enlightenment-era pastors didn't oppose modern science. They helped advance it. Jennifer Powell Mcnutt The scientific revolution hit Western Christendom hard. Nicolaus Copernicus hypothesized that Earth was not at the center of the universe and, with the emergence of his 1543 publication De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, a bitter struggle ensued between Christianity and science to shape the reigning worldview. Science came to dominate from the Enlightenment forward. Or so we've been told. [continue reading >>]( News [Biblical Archaeology's Top 10 Discoveries of 2017]( A glimpse at the important excavation work revealed this year. Gordon Govier Women [Millennials Can Leave Evangelicalism. But Not Its Pop Culture.]( Does the cottage industry around Christian subculture nostalgia reveal the church's failures—or its successes? Morgan Lee News [Biggest Mennonite Conference Leaves Denomination]( In another same-sex marriage split, Mennonite Church USA loses a sixth of its members. Kate Shellnutt Pivot [Recalibrate: 10 Steps Every Church Must Take This Year, Or Be Dead In A Decade]( Everything but Jesus and the Bible must be on the table. Karl Vaters [The Top 20 Christianity Today Articles of 2017]( The theology beneath the Trump-Comey conflict, BSF rewrites the rulebook, and Benny Hinn's nephew shares his testimony. CT Editors Book Review [The Christian Leader's Guide to Economics]( The so-called "dismal science" is a powerful tool for wealth creation, but also for healing broken communities. Jeff Haanen Book Awards [Christianity Today's 2018 Book Awards]( Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. News [CT's 25 Most-Read Stories on the Persecuted Church]( ISIS bombs Egyptian churches, Russia restricts religious freedom, Nepal criminalizes conversion, and more. CT Editors International [Egypt Says Muslims Who Die Defending Churches Are Martyrs. One Just Did.]( Cairo attack kills eight Christians and one Muslim, after Islamic authority declares a national duty to protect Copts from terrorism. Jayson Casper in Cairo The CT Interview [Matt Chandler Never Wanted a Big Church. How He Ended Up With Six.]( Over the next five years, each Dallas-area location gets a Village of its own. Kate Shellnutt Testimony [As a New Age Enthusiast, I Fancied Myself a Free Spirit and a Good Person]( Then a strange dream, an old friend, and a disturbing psalm woke me up to reality. Mary Poplin Evangelical Distinctives [The Unlikely Crackup of Evangelicalism]( The problems are real—but exaggerated. Richard Mouw Follow Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [RSS]( [Subscribe to this newsletter]( IN THE MAGAZINE [Current Issue]( [Cover Story: Blessed Are the Handouts]( [In Defense of Pro-Life 'Hypocrisy']( [Cheering China's Urbana: Churches Poised to Become Major Exporters]( [View Full Issue]( [Subscribe Now]( More froM Christianity Today Beginning of Wisdom [What Student Ministry Really Needs? Homework.]( Teens should take Bible study as seriously as school and sports practice. Jen Wilkin News [The Top Testimonies of 2017]( Here are the Christian conversion stories that CT readers shared most. CT Editors The Exchange [One-on-One with Christine Caine on Her New Devotional]( "Unshakeable" joins "Unashamed," "Unstoppable," and "Undaunted." Ed Stetzer Related CT Newsletters [CT Entertainment]( Reviews and perspectives on movies, TV, and music. [Sign Up Now]( [The Galli Report]( Weekly must-reads from the editor of CT. [Sign Up Now]( //lists.christianitytoday.com/t/558311070/23299272/584609/0/ [Christianity Today Weekly]( Delivered free via email to subscribers weekly. [Subscribe]( | [Email Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Advertise]( | [Subscribe to CT]( You are currently subscribed as: {EMAIL} Copyright ©2018 [ChristianityToday.org]( Christianity Today, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.