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and other books on the topic, who have received more acclaim than punishment for their scholarship. The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene states: “903.8. Creation: The Church of the Nazarene believes in the biblical account of creation (‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...’ —
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Genesis 1:1). We oppose any godless interpretation of the origin of the universe and of humankind. However, the church accepts as valid all scientifically verifiable discoveries in geology and other natural phenomena, for we firmly believe that God is the Creator." The
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decided after consultation with denominational leaders to prohibit Colling from teaching the general biology class he had taught since 1991. Bowling also banned professors from assigning a book Colling wrote attempting to reconcile the foundations of modern
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later investigated and filed a report finding that Colling's rights as a professor were violated when Bowling placed the concerns of the denomination which ran the school above so-called principles of academic freedom.
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In 2009, Colling resigned from the Olivet Nazarene University faculty in an agreement with the school.
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Colling attended Olivet Nazarene University as an undergraduate, graduating in 1976. He earned a
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at the institution in 1988. In 2000 he was Olivet Nazarene's "faculty member of the year."
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The Oracles of Science: Celebrity scientists versus God and religion
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Random Designer: Created From Chaos, To Connect With the Creator
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Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and believe in evolution
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Saving Darwin: How to be a Christian and believe in evolution
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Random Designer: Created from Chaos to Connect with Creator
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Worlds Apart: The unholy war between religion and science
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Species of Origins: America's search for a creation story
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Academic Freedom and Tenure: Olivet Nazarene University
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and chairman of the biological sciences department at
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professor
biology
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, Illinois
Christian
evolution
Ph.D.
microbiology
University of Kansas
postdoctoral research
oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
tenure
John C. Bowling
evolutionary biology
Christian faith
Newsweek
Nazarene
Karl Giberson
American Association of University Professors
Theistic evolution
Creation–evolution controversy




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