Veteran lay-minister and professional engineer Robert Alden Gunderson has drawn on his Christian heritage and personal experience in several non-Christian cultures to explore the fundamental religious and moral questions facing humankind today. 

While all major religions affirm one First Cause or Creator for the entire natural universe and all people, each faith tradition and theology claims priority for its system. The clash between science and traditional religion has driven many thinking people to discount religion in favor of humanistic values. The technologically-driven shrinking of the globe and interspersion of its peoples are creating increasing friction and competition between cultures and religions. By reframing Christianity for the modern world, the author embraces the deep spirituality of the faith and the elegance and rationality of science without disparaging any of the other world religions. 

Divine Providence: God’s Program for Humankind draws on ancient and modern wisdom to provide a paradigm of personal and collective responsibility and opportunity which encompasses all of humanity for mortal life and the life to come.

About the Author

Robert Alden Gunderson is a retired construction engineer with personal experience with widely divergent cultures. He is a lay minister who has spent over 45 years grappling with the theoretical and practical issues of religion and society. Gunderson resides on Hawaii’s Big Island with his wife, Trudi, and lives near his three adult children, Geoffrey, Jennifer and Michele.