And the Trees Clap Their Hands

Ever since Newton, people - including Christians - have considered matter to be strictly mechanical, uninformed by any "e;spirit"e; and without sentience. Such a view, says Virginia Owens, "e;demotes to mere metaphor"e; all the natural imagery of Scripture that calls for creation to participate in the praise of its maker. Now, however, contemporary physical theory offers us an expanded view of th...