Van Till (November 28, 1938 – July 31, 2024) was an American physicist and emeritus professor of physics at Calvin College, where he taught for 31 years.
Writing in 2006, Russell D. Moore described this work as "monumental", and Van Till as "the most lauded and prolific defender of theistic evolution among American evangelicals".
[5] He was publicly accused of heresy after the issue of The Fourth Day,[2] and Van Till's professorship was subject for four years to a monthly review of his beliefs and eligibility to teach at Calvin College.
[6] An article of his in 1996, claiming that theistic evolution was compatible with the teaching of renowned church fathers Augustine and Basil,[7] drew rebuttals from Jonathan Wells[8] and John Mark Reynolds,[9] to which Van Till responded in turn.
[10] Ronald L. Numbers in 1998 stated that Van Till is a devout Christian who sees little or no evidence of God in nature and whose view is a good example of "theistic evolution".