John Lennox

“Deep, rich, and nourishing.” —Os Guinness The life of Joseph detailed in the book of Genesis is a story of love, hate, slavery, power, and forgiveness. Although written thousands of years ago, it has a timeless quality that still probes the depths of the human experience. In this thoughtful and devotional book, scholar John Lennox emphasizes the major themes present in Joseph’s story—such as suffering, temptation, forgiveness, faith, and God’s sovereignty—and applies them to readers at a personal level. This detailed look at Joseph’s life in its broader context will invite us into a deeper trust of God in the face of suffering and hardship.

William Arthur Deacon was an intellectual patron and prophet in Canadian writing. For forty years, as literary editor of Saturday Night (1922-8), The Mail and Empire (1928-36), and The Globe and Mail (1936-60) he contributed vast amounts of time and energy to building a readership and a sympathetic climate for Canadian writers and writing. His correspondence put him in touch, as no other reviewer before him, with virtually every English- and French-Canadian author of his time. Based on his correspondence, books, and review columns, the biography views Deacon’s life in terms of this involvement and in the context of the cultural and political forces of his time. Deacon’s early years as a lawyer, his self-imposed literary apprenticeship, and his break with the law as a profession concurred with the sense of mission and destiny that were part of his Methodist family background and his personal theosophical beliefs. Coming to Toronto in 1922, he quickly established himself as the country’s premier literary reviewer and poured his energies into that role. In that decade he also published Pens and Pirates, Poteen, The Four Jameses, and the appreciative monograph Peter McArthur. Deacon’s dismissal from Saturday Night and the Depression years tempered his zeal and broadened his awareness beyond literary horizons, although they were still the focus of his energies. His nationalism and pacifism were articulated in My Vision of Canada (1933). He also found himself more aware of the importance of literary community as he became deeply involved in the survival of Canadian writers and publishers. Deacon’s years with the Canadian Author’s Association, first as member, then as Toronto branch president, and finally as national president, witnessed the establishment of the Canadian Writers’ Foundation, the Governor-General’s Awards, the Standard Writers’ Contract, and the recognition by the federal government of special tax arrangements for Canadian writers. The list of those who enjoyed Deacon’s friendship and support reads like a who’s who of Canadian literature, and his associations with French-Canadian writers after the Second World War broadened the cultural awareness of his readers. His service to both reader and writer and to the culture on which both depend was without parallel – as this volume vividly reveals.

Kan vetenskapen förklara allt? Vi tycks i dag inte längre ha något behov av tro och religion eftersom vetenskapen har visat hur världen fungerar. Vetenskap och religion går helt enkelt inte ihop. Men är det verkligen så? På sitt typiskt godmodiga sätt skingrar John Lennox den vanliga missuppfattningen att vetenskap och kristen tro är bittra fiender. Båda behövs för att förstå vad livet handlar om. John Lennox är professor emeritus i matematik vid Oxforduniversitetet och tidigare docent i matematik och vetenskapsfilosofi vid Green Templeton College i Oxford. Han har publicerat över 70 artiklar i vetenskapliga tidskrifter och skrivit ett flertal böcker och monografier. På svenska har tidigare utkommit Guds dödgrävare: Har vetenskapen begravt Gud?

We are living through a unique, era-defining period. Many of our old certainties have gone, whatever our view of the world and whatever our beliefs. The coronavirus pandemic and its effects are perplexing and unsettling for all of us. How do we begin to think it through and cope with it? In this short yet profound book, Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox examines the coronavirus in light of various belief systems and shows how the Christian worldview not only helps us to make sense of it, but also offers us a sure and certain hope to cling to. Here's why John Lennox wrote the book: This book consists of my reflections on what we are experiencing right now. I started writing it a week ago, and things have changed quickly since then and no doubt will do again... I would invite you, the reader, to view the book like this: we are sitting in a coffee shop (if only we could ) and you have asked me the question on the book cover. I put down my coffee cup and attempt to give you an honest answer. What follows is what I would try to say in order to convey some comfort, support and hope.

Can science explain everything? Many people think so. Science, and the technologies it has spawned, has delivered so much to the world: clean water; more food; better healthcare; longer life. And we live in a time of rapid scientific progress that holds enormous promise for many of the problems we face as humankind. So much so, in fact, that many see no need or use for religion and belief systems that offer us answers to the mysteries of our universe. Science has explained it, they assume. Science and religion just do not mix. Oxford Maths Professor and Christian believer Prof. John Lennox offers a fresh way of thinking about science and Christianity that dispels the common misconceptions about both. He reveals that not only are they not opposed, but they can and must mix to give us a fuller understanding of the universe and the meaning of our existence.

DEN BILD SOM OFTA förmedlas i dag är att vetenskapen har avlivat Gud och slutgiltigt begravt honom. Många hävdar att ateismen är den enda intellektuellt hållbara ståndpunkten och att hänvisningar till Gud enbart hämmar den vetenskapliga utvecklingen. I denna intressanta och klargörande bok hjälper professor John Lennox läsaren att pröva dessa påståenden. Är det sant att vetenskapen ger stöd åt ateismen? Eller kan det rent av vara så att teismen – gudstron – stämmer bättre överens med dagens vetenskapliga fakta än ateismen? Har vetenskapen begravt Gud eller inte?- - -”[Den här boken] är enligt min mening en skoningslös demolering av Dawkins alltför långtgående slutsatser från biologi till religion som han ger uttryck för i sin bok Illusionen om Gud. Än mer förödande blir den eftersom Lennox angriper honom på vetenskapens egna premisser.” Melanie Phillips, känd brittisk krönikor i tidningarna Daily Telegraph och The Spectator.- - - Om författaren:John Lennox är professor i matematik vid Oxforduniversitetet och docent i matematik och vetenskapsfilosofi vid Green Templeton College i Oxford. Han har publicerat över 70 artiklar i vetenskapliga tidskrifter och skrivit ett flertal böcker och monografier. Lennox har på senare år med framgång debatterat vetenskap och tro med ledande nyateister som RichardDawkins, Christopher Hitchens och Michael Shermer. Guds dödgrävare – Har vetenskapen begravt Gud? är hans första bok på svenska.