As a young adult, ISCAST program director Dr Sarah Wilson was told that pursuing science would threaten her Christian faith. Thirty years later, she’s working to change those perceptions, with her research only making her faith stronger.
She writes:
I can still remember the disappointment I felt when some of my Christian mentors disapproved of my choice to become a scientist. Science wasn’t considered a Christian vocation because it didn’t involve saving souls, and there was also controversy surrounding evolutionary biology, my area of study. I was cautioned that a career in science could lead me down a slippery slope to atheism due to the influence of non-believers at work. I felt the sting of their disapproval and the accompanying shame: should I instead follow a more visibly Christian vocation?
Read the full article in The Melbourne Anglican.
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