Really helpful annotated list of resources on these debates, passed on by a fellow Reader – thank you Robin.
The author of the list is Rev Stuart Cashman, Associate Minister, Duke Street Church, Richmond, Surrey

Selected Science and Faith Resources:

*Collins, C. John, Science & Faith: Friends or Foes, (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003).

This is an excellent overview of the whole debate. It is clearly written and covers all the major questions. Collins is an engineer turned biblical scholar and the book was originally written to help parents who were home-schooling their children figure out what do with the dinosaurs.

Davidson, G.R. When Science and Faith Collide: A Biblical Approach To Evaluating Evolution and the Age of the Earth, (Oxford, MSL Malius Press, 2009).

A geologist looks at how the Bible and science can be reconciled. He covers a lot of ground quite briefly (e.g. Flood, age of the earth, evolution etc). It makes quite a good introduction to the whole area, but is not as comprehensive as Collins’ book.

*Keller, Timothy, The Reason For God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, (Hodder & Stoughton, 2009).

One chapter deals briefly with the science and faith ‘conflict.’ Keller deals expertly with many other apologetics issues, so this is an excellent book to have, and to give away.

*John C. Lennox, God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (Oxford, UK: Lion Hudson, 2009).

Lennox is an Oxford Mathematician who has debated Dawkins a number of times. This book is well written but quite dense. Lennox shows that the clash between science and faith is really a clash of worldviews, and he argues from the history and philosophy of science to show the weaknesses in the atheistic position. He also produces arguments against evolution by asking how information could spontaneously arise in a purely naturalistic universe. A unique and very helpful book, which I highly recommend.

McGrath, Alister, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes and the Meaning of Life (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2005).

This is a very thorough critique of Dawkins work by a man who holds PhD.’s in biochemistry and historical theology. It predates The God Delusion and is fairly technical but well written. It focuses exclusively on Dawkins and therefore is not so broadly applicable as some of the other books.

with Joanna Collicutt McGrath, The Dawkins Delusion: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2007). A shorter book focusing on The God Delusion.

Robertson, David, The Dawkins Letters: Challenging Atheist Myths, (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2007). A non‐scientist takes on atheism using critical thinking rather than a pile of scientific facts. This is very short and helpful in dealing with the issues of the New Atheism generally. The first of the “letters” actually made it onto Dawkins’ website.

Strobel, Lee, The Case for a Creator, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004). This book covers a lot of ground and is very supportive of Intelligent Design. Strobel is an exjournalist who interviewed a whole load of leaders in their fields about the evidence for a creator. The interview format is helpful for some and irritating for others. This is a less philosophical and more “sciencey” book.

There are also many good resources at http://www.bethinking.org

* Highly recommended