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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...

March 2026

March 15, 2026

Resources for Redeeming America

Resources for Redeeming America in books and onlline

March 15, 2026

Resources for Public Theology

Public Theology resources in books and online

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...

June 2025

June 26, 2025

Is our free will really in jail?

Neurophilosophy based on neuroscience locks human free will up in a deterministic jail. The way...

May 2025

May 15, 2025

Corruption and Cruelty without Conscience

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

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 01, 2025

Do Scapegoats Purify America?

In order to make America great again, the White House tries to fire civil servants...

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....

February 14, 2025

Trinitarian Big History: Chris Barrigar

Chris Barrigar's Trinitarian Big History agrees with evolutionary theorists that religion has predisposed us to...

January 2025

January 16, 2025

Working on Science and Religion: Update

Fraser Watts at ISSR offers an update on those Working on Science and Religion. Let's...

December 2024

December 16, 2024

Abundant Life and Death at School

The Abundant Life Christian School witnessed one more devastating event in the history of human...

December 07, 2024

Can AI become demon-possessed?

When we ask whether AI can become possessed by a spirit sent by Satan, we...

November 2024

November 12, 2024

Faith Alone Belongs to the Gospel

I argue against Patheos columnist Dennis Knapp who contends that "justification by faith alone" is...

November 10, 2024

We’re All Gonna Die, Right?

We're all gonna die, right? Millenial singer Jesse Welles terrorizes us with the prospect of...

October 2024

October 26, 2024

End Christian Nationalism

If Amanda Tyler's ideal pluralistic society would be governed by religious freedom, then Christian nationalists...

October 19, 2024

The Public in Public Theology

Who is the 'public' in 'public theology'? We have a nice dialogue to report between...

October 11, 2024

Christian Nationalist Conspiracy Theory

Yes, we can expect the majority of evangelical Christians in America to believe Donald Trump's...

October 02, 2024

UAP: The Interdimensional Hypothesis

The Interdimensional Hypothesis (ID) suggested by Jacques Vallée, J. Allen Hynek, and John Keel replaces...