Baptizing Darwin

BioLogos, Theistic Evolution & the Darwinization of Christianity

In 2006, Dr. Francis Collins, then-director of the Human Genome Project, published The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, an autobiographical account of his conversion from atheism to Christianity. As a result of responses to the book and questions about his synthesis of science and faith, Collins submitted grant proposals to the Templeton Foundation and launched BioLogos.

Its mission is concise: "BioLogos invites the church and the world to see the harmony between science and biblical faith as we present an evolutionary understanding of God's creation." Deborah Haarsma, the current president (Collins went on to work in the Obama Administration),...