The Language of God

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is a bestselling book by Francis Collins in which he advocates theistic evolution. Collins is an American physician-geneticist, noted for his discoveries of disease genes, and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP). He currently serves as the director of the US National Institutes of Health. In the book, Collins describes briefly the process by which he became a Christian.

The Language of God
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AuthorFrancis S. Collins
IllustratorMichael Hagelberg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChristianity and science, apologetics
GenreReligious studies
PublisherFree Press
Publication date
2006
Pages304
ISBN0-7432-8639-1
OCLC65978711
215 22
LC ClassBL240.3 .C66 2006

Collins raises arguments for the idea of God, drawing from science and philosophy. He cites many famous thinkers, most prevalently C. S. Lewis, as well as Saint Augustine, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Theodosius Dobzhansky and others. In 2007 Christianity Today judged it one of the best books of the previous year.

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