In Pursuit of Wisdom: Chapter 1, Paragraph 1

It's 10:57 PM on Saturday as I begin to write. I fell asleep shortly after dinner, then woke about an hour ago. Not wanting to fall behind in my Christian Earth Science research program, I immediately set about reading and highlighting Chapter 1 from In Pursuit of Wisdom by Phillip Campbell. It's an intriguing chapter with an intriguing opening:

This book is about the relationship between Catholicism and science. To appreciate this relation aright, we must understand the historic Christian view of the created order. It is therefore necessary to begin our study by examining the cosmology of the Bible. Biblical cosmology shaped the Church's view of the world, which in turn provided a framework for scientific inquiry during the Christian epoch. Here we uncover the deepest foundations, those bedrock assumptions that underly two millennia of western science - assumptions about the nature of the world, its inherent knowability, and its relationship to God, its Creator. By understanding these assumptions, we can begin to grasp the effect Christian cosmology had on the unfolding of Western science (p. 17).

This said, Campbell does not proceed to outline something like a Bible Cosmology in Under 5 Minutes (the title of the video at the top of this post). Rather, he makes a number of more philosophical main points about biblical cosmology.

I want to get back to bed by midnight, and Campbell has triggered a number of reflections, so it looks like I will need to revisit this thread tomorrow morning. Indeed, it could take a good bit of my time over the course of Week 37. Your will, Heavenly Father.