David H. Bailey

Scientific Foundations of Mormon Theology

A 1974 article published in Science identified the Mormon culture as an unusually productive source of American scientists and scholars, an achievement linked to such distinctive tenets of Mormon theology as rationalism, natural law, and…

Reply to “Forever Tentative”

I wish to thank Charles Boyd for bringing to light some additional material relevant to the topics discussed in my article on science and Mormonism. I will briefly respond to some of the issues he…

A Shifting Stance: Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology by Erich Robert Paul

Science and Mormonism: Past, Present, Future

Dialogue 29.1 (Spring 1996): 80–97
Will the church be able to retain the essence of its theology in the faceof challenges from science? Will the church’s discourse on scientific topicsbe marked by fundamentalism, isolationism, or progressivism? Will the church be able to retain its large contingent of professional scientists?

Mormonism and the Idea of Progress

Mormonism and the New Creationism

Dialogue 34.4 (Winter 2002): 39–59
This paper will deal with a more specific form of creationism, which is often termed “creation science” or “scientific creationism” (these terms
will be used synonymously).

Mormons and the Omnis: The Dangers of Theological Speculation

Creationism and Intelligent Design: Scientific and Theological Difficulties