science and theology – common or garden theologian

In the caravan with Caravaggio.

Drawing on a 2022 interview with Alister McGrath for Faraday churches, I explore what questions should be asked in the science and religion field in the future. Should we expect them to be inspired by the onward march of scientific discovery, or are we missing previously excluded and forbidden data from Christian testimony? If this cosmos is God’s cosmos then the sciences as disciplines can only offer a blinkered and deficient view. A tripartite Christian worldview will be fit for the task and offer more valid insights. I suggest that Caravaggio’s 1601 painting ‘Supper at Emmaus’ offers object lessons in constructing a more realistic view of God’s world.

COP26 Pope Francis to the ‘Conference of Parties’ and the World: Analysis

Here is the text from the Vatican released by the BBC on 29 10 21: Climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have exposed our deep vulnerability and raised numerous doubts and concerns about our economic systems and the way we organize our societies. We have lost our sense of security, and are experiencing a senseContinue reading “COP26 Pope Francis to the ‘Conference of Parties’ and the World: Analysis”