Christianity and the Age of the Earth

Davis A. Young

There is an interesting overview of the experience of Davis Young on p277 of The Creationists by Ronald Numbers. Young was Professor of Geology at Calvin College when he wrote this book, published in 1988 by Artisan Sales. Original version 1982 by Zondervan. His major book "The Bible, Rocks and Time" has a very similar content, greatly expanded.

Part One: Church History and the Age of the Earth

p 13 Ch 1 The Age of the Earth in Christian Thought to the Seventeenth Century

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p 27 Ch 2 Geological Investigations to 1750

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p 41 Ch 3 The Developing Awareness and Acceptance of the Earth's Antiquity

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p 55 Ch 4 The Age of Harmonization

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p 61 Ch 5 The Twentieth Century

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Part Two: Scientific Considerations and the Age of the Earth

p 71 Ch 6 Stratigraphy, Sedimentation, and the Flood

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p 93 Ch 7 Radiometric Dating

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p 117 Ch 8 The Earth's Magnetic Field

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p 125 Ch 9 Geochemical Arguments

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Part Three: Philosophical and Apologetic Considerations Related to the Age of the Earth

p 135 Ch 10 Uniformitarianism and Catastrrophism

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p 149 Ch 11 Creationism, Evangelism, and Apologetics

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