Victoria Institute

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The Victoria Institute was founded in 1865 to harmonize evangelical religious beliefs with grand scientific theory, at first evolution, later what is now known as the big bang. To some 19th century historians, the Victoria Institute's purpose was to combat the then novel idea of evolution ^[1], a viewpoint now called the conflict thesis. The Victoria Institute is notable inasmuch as for James Clerk Maxwell turning down an invitation to join as it is for George Gabriel Stokes later becoming its president.

Contents 1 Current Organization 2 References 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External Links

[edit] Current Organization

The current president of the Victoria Institute is John T. Houghton. Its current vice-presidents include Malcolm Jeeves, Kenneth Kitchen, and Alan Ralph Millard. ^[2]

[edit] References

• Faith and Thought (Victoria Institute), Paternoster Press, 1958-1988. Vol. 90, no. 1 (spring 1958)-v. 114, no. 2 (Oct. 1988).

Merged with: Science and faith, to form: Science & Christian belief.

Continues: Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain.

• A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Andrew Dickson White, D. Appleton & Company, 1896 ("a sort of festschrift to Cornell University" {page xi})
• Science & Christian Belief, Christians in Science (Great Britain), Victoria Institute (Great Britain), Paternoster Press, 1989

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Christians in Science
• Discovery Institute
• List of Christian thinkers in science
• Relationship between religion and science

[edit] External Links

• Official Faith and Thought Website
• Quote of Maxwell Turning down Invitation
• Research Resutls on Maxwell and the Victoria Institute
• Biography mentioning G.G. Stokes's presidency
• The BBC, the Victoria Institute, and the Theological Context for the Big Bang – Steady State Debate, Craig Sean McConnell, S&CB (2006), 18, 151-168.