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January 2024

January 17, 2024

Contextual Theology at the Vatican: Really?

In Ad Theologiam Promovendam of November 2023 ,Pope Francis opened the Vatican windows for the...

January 14, 2024

Power vs Goodness in 2024

In this 2024 election cycle, I'm worried. Why? Here's Ted's Timely Take: when it's power...

January 12, 2024

What is Public Systematic Theology? Part Two

Public systematic theology necessitates engagement in interreligious dialogue and comparative theology when engaging in discourse...

January 12, 2024

What is Public Systematic Theology? Part One

Introducing Michael Morch's new book, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AS A RATIONALLY JUSTIFIED PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT GOD....

January 10, 2024

Supporting Husbands in Theology

The handy Russian word, 'matushka', means 'mother' but refers to the wife of a priest....

January 03, 2024

Will I ever find my true soulmate?

My student friend, Zipei, met her true soulmate, Nick. Together they share a relationship with...

January 01, 2024

Does God Exist?

Does God exist? Does God quench the thirst within our souls to be at one...

December 2023

December 22, 2023

Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska Knitted Mittens

The Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska knitted mittens and, thereby, opened the gate to the...

December 21, 2023

Are Christians Losing the Culture War?

Why, I wonder, would our cancel culture go so far as to cancel Jesus from...

December 20, 2023

Are UFOs Our Celestial Saviors?

Are UFOs Our Celestial Saviors? The experience of sighting a UAP or being abducted by...

December 16, 2023

No! No! UFO

No! No! UFO. That's what the U.S. Senate said to scientists clamoring for passage of...

December 03, 2023

Sin-Talk and Grace-Talk

Whereas sin-talk alone squashes our sense of self-worth, grace-talk announces our value in the eyes...

November 2023

November 27, 2023

Evangelicals Against Christian Nationalism

The bombastic vitriol spewed by the anti-Christian nationalsm movement is really aimed, I think, at...

November 19, 2023

Anti-White Christian Nationalism

The American Academy of Religion just offered a well-attended and fascinating panel on "The Threat...

November 15, 2023

Christian Nationalism versus the Vermin Curse

To fear Christian Nationalism is like fearing a conspiracy theory. It's a waste of psychic...

November 13, 2023

Big History and Progressive Christianity: Thomas Lindell

Professor Thomas Lindell is a Progressive Christian who incorporates Big Bang cosmology and evolutionary biology...

November 09, 2023

Big History and Evangelical Theology: Roger Olson

Big History and Evangelical Theology mix like oil and water. Evangelical theologian Roger E Olson...

November 02, 2023

The God Question in Cosmic History

I recommend that Big History expand its method to include the history of humanity's differentiating...

October 2023

October 29, 2023

What is History in Big History?

One task of history within Big History, I believe, should be to chronicle and interpret...

October 21, 2023

Critique of Ted Peters by Mitchell Diamond

Mitchell Diamond's critique of Ted Peters is actually a critique of Big History. Diamond argues...

October 16, 2023

AI and Radical Life Extension. Afterlife 17

Like a volcano, AI potential is spreading excitement and turmoil across the landscape. We must...

October 13, 2023

Big History, Religious Naturalism, and Ursula Goodenough

Religious Naturalism meets Big History. Evolutionary biologist Ursula Goodenough finds meaning already within natural processes....

October 10, 2023

Teilhard and Big History

When we remind ourselves of the connection between Teilhard and Big History, we realize that...

October 08, 2023

Science and Religion in Big History

How do science and religion relate within big history? Like an ancient army pillaging conquered...

October 07, 2023

Science, Religion, and Deep Time

The terrific new book, "Science, Religion, and Deep Time," is an honest attempt to resolve...

September 2023

September 29, 2023

Switching to No-Kill Cultured Meat? Part 9

Current meat production damages our planet through deforestation and methane emissions while reaping untolled animal...

September 28, 2023

Why am I lost in depression?

Getting lost in depression can be a frightening even harrowing experience. What steps might a...

September 22, 2023

Asking Google Existential Questions

Existential questions prompt anxiety, the fear of nonbeing. We cannot escape them. We all must...

September 15, 2023

New Theology? Ask Ilia Delio

Rock star Roman Catholic theologian Ilia Delio calls for a new theology in new wineskins...

September 14, 2023

Hell. Afterlife 12

Whether or not an everlasting hell exists is a difficult matter to settle. Nevertheless, we...