For his new book, novelist Sigmund Brouwer has tackled a subject that some people dismiss as fiction𠅌reation.

Inspired by a question from his daughter Savannah, Brouwer wrote Who Made the Moon? A Father Explores How Faith and Science Agree (Thomas Nelson Publishers) "for those who have doubts about their faith because of what science appears to be telling them in contradiction to Genesis 1."

Brouwer, whose previous books include the novels Broken Angel (WaterBrook Press) and Fuse of Armageddon (Tyndale House Publishers), said he runs into many people who have difficulty accepting the rest of the Bible "because they can't see Genesis as a true account of creation."

Releasing next month, Who Made the Moon? addresses issues such as the debate on whether the word "day" in Genesis is a literal 24-hour period that does not allow for any other possible understanding of the meaning.

"What I'm really hoping is that this allows us the room to open the door to discuss Genesis 1 without any animosity," he said. "As parents, we can agree to not be threatened by any discussion that takes us away from a 24-hour day of creation, and we can look at Genesis from a few different perspectives."

Read more in the Aug. 25 issue of Christian Retailing magazine.