Excellent news. On September 16 Albert Mohler announced the establishment of the Center for Science and Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, along with the appointment of renowned philosopher of science William A. Dembski as its first director.
Dembski's writings can be read here. He has a B.A. in psychology, an M.S. in statistics, an M.A. in philosophy, a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago; an S.M. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago; and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. (For those keeping track, that's one bachelor's degree, four masters' degrees, and two doctorates!) He then went on to do postdoctoral work in mathematics at MIT, in physics at the University of Chicago, and in computer science at Princeton University
Dr. previously taught at Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Dallas, and Baylor University. He was formerly an associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University, is a senior fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, and is Executive Director of the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design. Not bad for a guy in his early forties!
