- Jay Richards
Jay Wesley Richards is Director of Acton Media and a Research Fellow at the
Acton Institute , [ [http://www.acton.org/about/staff/people59.php Acton Staff] ] and Program Director of theDiscovery Institute 'sCenter for Science and Culture (CSC), which has as its primary role the advocacy ofintelligent design . [ [http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0116/news-shapiro.php The New Creationists] Nina Shapiro. Seattle Weekly, April 18 2001] Richards is also a member of theApologetics Faculty ofBiola University . [ [http://www.biola.edu/academics/professional%2Dstudies/apologetics/faculty/ Biola University Apologetics Faculty] ]Education
Richards has a Ph.D. in philosophy and theology (with honors) from
Princeton Theological Seminary , where he was formerly a Teaching Fellow. He also has a Th.M. fromCalvin Theological Seminary , and an M.Div. fromUnion Theological Seminary in Virginia. From 1996-1998, he was executive and associate editor of The "Princeton Theological Review", and president of the Charles Hodge Society at Princeton Theological Seminary.Work and intelligent design advocacy
He is the author of numerous scholarly and popular articles, as well as four books, including "The Untamed God" and "
The Privileged Planet ".Richard has gained attention with his
intelligent design advocacy since 1996. "The Privileged Planet ", co-authored with astronomer and fellow CSC Senior Fellow Guillermo Gonzalez. William H. Jefferys, a Professor of Astronomy at theUniversity of Texas at Austin , reviewed "The Privileged Planet" writing "the little that is new in this book isn't interesting, and what is old is just old-hatcreationism in a new, modern-looking astronomical costume." [cite news | url=http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/784_review_of_emthe_privileged_p_6_7_2005.asp | title=Review of The Privileged Planet | publisher=National Center for Science Education | date= July 2005 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2008-10-18]Richards became the earliest fellow at the Discovery Institute to confirm the genuineness of the
Wedge document . [Barbara Forrest andPaul R. Gross . '. 2004, page 27] Secular and science organizations then took attention of the DI after the document was published online, but Richards wrote "that the mission statement and goals had been posted on the CRSC's website since 1996." [Barbara Forrest andPaul R. Gross . '. 2004, page 28]Richards has expressed skepticism of
global warming . [ [http://www.acton.org/commentary/commentary_354.php Carbon Dioxide's Day in Court] , Jay Richards,Acton Institute , November 29, 2006] [ [http://www.culturecampaign.com/documents/GSCW_JayRichards_flyer_2up.pdf Global Warming: Hysteria or Reality?] ]Bibliography
* "Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I." by Jay W. Richards, George F. Gilder, Ray Kurzweil, Thomas Ray, John Searle, William Dembski, Michael Denton. Discovery Institute. ISBN 0-9638654-3-9
* "" by Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay W. Richards,Regnery Publishing , Inc., Washington D.C., March 2004, ISBN 0-89526-065-4
* "The Untamed God: A Philosophical Exploration of Divine Perfection, Immutability and Simplicity" by Jay Wesley Richards, InterVarsity Press, October 2003, ISBN 083082734X
* "Unapologetic Apologetics: Meeting the Challenges of Theological Studies". William A. Dembski, Jay Wesley Richards. Downer's Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8308-1563-5References
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