Giberson, Karl

Karl Giberson

Bio

Karl Giberson is an internationally known scholar of science-and-religion and one of America’s leading participants in the creation/evolution controversy. He was the founding editor of Science & Theology News and editor-in-chief of Science & Spirit magazine from 2003-2006. He has published over a hundred articles, reviews, and essays, both technical and popular, and written four books, including Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists Versus God and Religion (2007, with Spanish physicist/philosopher and priest, the late Mariano Artigas), and Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution (2008). His 5th book, The Anointed: America’s Evangelical Experts is currently under contract with Harvard University Press.

Giberson has written for various publications including Salon.com, Discover, Perspectives on Science & Faith, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Zygon, and other journals. In 2008 Giberson was asked by Francis Collins to be the executive vice-president of his new BioLogos Foundation. In addition to being the Director of the Forum on Faith and Science at Gordon College, Giberson has been on the faculty of Eastern Nazarene College since 1984, where he teaches interdisciplinary honors seminars and the history of science.