I just pulled my copy of The Great Work down on Sunday to reread it, and yesterday I heard the news in a staff meeting. The preeminent cultural historian and Passionist priest, Fr. Thomas Berry, died June 1 peacefully at age 94 in Greensboro, North Carolina, surrounded by people who love him. The Great Work [...]
Google is displaying their excitement about the ‘missing link’ news with a special logo, and Christians respond with love disgust.
Tripp talks to Michael Dowd this week to round out our series on evolution. Michael’s book Thank God for Evolution has been endorsed by five Nobel Laureates. He is an ‘evolutionary Christian’ exploring how current science shows evolution is not meaningless blind chance. His work transcends debate to give us a new way to think [...]
Tripp posted some new videos on the Transforming Theology YouTube Channel, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to do a little Darwin recap. John Cobb discussing Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the trouble with the traditional debate it creates in the church Discussing the problem of genetic determinism and materialism in neo-darwinism and [...]
We continue this week on the topic of evolution with a good Bible-believin’ evangelical who isn’t bothered by being cousin to a monkey. Pastor Daniel Harrell (Park Street Church, Boston) approaches the subject in his book Nature’s Witness from the perspective that all truth is God’s truth, and therefore scientific inquiry should be taken seriously. [...]
I’m an occasional contributor at Sustainablog, an excellent environmental blog. My posts are usually about religion as it intersects with ecology. Today, I offered my thoughts on Evolution Weekend, which has been covered quite a bit in the news this week. I especially enjoyed NPR’s Fresh Air (listen to it here). Hey, you know that [...]
How can Christians discuss evolution in ways that move from scientific data towards spiritual inspiration? Bruce Sanguin and I try to recover a spirituality of awe and mystery, fostering an ecological Christianity. Our talk covers: disenchantment in the modern era a new cosmology that encourages a deeper relationship with God and creation viewing the gospel [...]
