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September 2026

September 14, 2026

Why Public Theology Needs a Theology of Nature

I am preparing a paper, "Natural Science and Theology of Nature within Public Theology," to...

August 2026

August 25, 2026

Do You Believe in UFOs? A Theologian’s Answer.

Distinguish science from theology in the Search for ETI. We study astrobiology and UFO/UAP scientifically,...

July 2026

July 03, 2026

America’s 250th Birthday Gift: Civic Renewal

America’s 250th Birthday Gift? Civic Renewal? Thank you to Jim Wallis for reminding us that...

June 2026

June 16, 2026

Free Will and Christian Freedom TWO

Within a deterministic framework, "libertarian free will" refers to self-determination and "Christian freedom" refers to...

May 2026

May 19, 2026

Quantum Consciousness Theology: Response to Keith Giles

Quantum physics sprouts blossoms in at least three theological flowers: (1) Quantum Consciousness Theology; (2)...

April 2026

April 07, 2026

Why We Think Money Can Defeat Death (It Can’t)

Despite our delusional belief that accumulating a large amount of money or that people will...

March 2026

March 15, 2026

Resources for Public Theology

Public Theology resources in books and online

March 12, 2026

Sharing a Church Pew with a Space Alien

Are we earthlings ready to share a church pew with a space alien? And, of...

February 2026

February 13, 2026

Changing Election Day 2026 Weather. Marc Elias

We might predict that the weather for Election Day 2026 will be stormy as federal...

November 2025

November 11, 2025

AI and Public Theology

Both Silicon Valley techies and public theologians register the same two fears about the future...

October 2025

October 03, 2025

The New Presidential Dollar?

Should the 47th president appear on a newly minted US dollar? Abraham Lincoln appeared on...

September 2025

September 13, 2025

UAP Hellfire? Otherworldly technology?

The recent attempt to shoot down a UFO by the US military off the coast...

August 2025

August 25, 2025

Redeeming America Resources

The road to "Renewing America" begins with a map of the destination. On that map...

August 01, 2025

Is AI in the Image of God?

When we ask whether AI is in the image of God, we note that strong...

July 2025

July 03, 2025

Braden Molhoek on Free Will

The knotty question of free will should avoid the extrreme contrast between total determinism and...

June 2025

June 05, 2025

Finding Hope on a Warming Planet

How do we find hope for the future of our warming planet? CTNS asked Richard...

May 2025

May 29, 2025

AI and Sin: How Sloth, Bias, and Power Shape the Future

Can AI become sinful? No. Can AI enhance already sinful human activity? Yes. In particular,...

May 20, 2025

Political and Prophetic Public Theology

Public theology includes political and prophetic tasks. The political task begins with worldview construction, with...

May 15, 2025

Corruption and Cruelty without Conscience

Government sponsored corruption and cruelty rattle the religious conscience while MAGA Republican bystanders shamelessly keep...

May 06, 2025

The Cosmic Common Good

When comparing Daniel Sheid with John Hart on the cosmic common good, we ask whether...

April 2025

April 28, 2025

Climate Change and the Global Common Good

Lifting up a vision of the global common good -- a vision of a just,...

April 22, 2025

K2-18b? New Space Neighbors?

Might there by life on exoplanet K2-18b? Does dimethyl sulfide evidence count as a biosignature?...

April 16, 2025

Does Reason Prove the Afterlife? Gödel’s Surprising Argument

Kurt Gödel’s Afterlife Proof for resurrection of the dead meets the standards of scientific rationality...

April 07, 2025

Robert Nicastro on Teilhard de Chardin

Robert Nicastro has just sucessfully defended his Villanova University dissertation on the revolutionary thought of...

March 2025

March 28, 2025

What is Vocation? Ask Sang Pil Yun

Following Karl Barth, Sang Pil Yun argues that the calling of Jesus Christ extends to...

March 16, 2025

Remembering Holmes Rolston III’s planet

Planet Earth will miss its renowned paladin, Holmes Rolston III (1932-2025). He died on February...

March 14, 2025

Roger Olson on Neoliberalism and Social Darwinism

When the public theologian attempts to diagnose the disease now plaguing Washington DC, Dr. Roger...

March 01, 2025

Public Sin and the White House Shouting Match

Public Sin Might the concept of public sin aid the public theologian in illuminating the...

February 2025

February 24, 2025

Politics of Revenge

In a Christian Century editorial, Peter W Marty asks a challenging question: how can Christians...

February 20, 2025

Don’t Take the $5000 Bribe

DOGE and the House GOP budget cuts are a smokescreen hiding an elephant sized theft....