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2024-03-23T10:03:10-07:00

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No Soul? What do materialists say? Soul 4

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 10:03 am By Ted Peters

What do materialists say about the soul? There is no such thing. This is the case for both Eastern Buddhists and Western atheists. Even for some Christian materialists. Read more

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Nancey Murphy

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resurrection of the body

2024-03-17T11:23:43-07:00

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Protecting Embryos in the Vatican, Abortion 2

Last updated on: March 17, 2024 at 11:23 am By Ted Peters

To bolster the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that IVF embryos are children warranting legal protection against abortion, we bring in the logic of Vatican bioethics. But even the refined Vatican logic fails to conform to scientific knowledgte about the early embryo. Because of twinning and chimerism, the embryo at conception cannot be declared an individual person with moral protectability. The public theologian must press on toward a scientifically consonant argument to establish personhood for the unborn. Read more

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progressive Christian

2024-03-01T09:05:27-08:00

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Are frozen embryos really children? Abortion 1

Last updated on: March 1, 2024 at 9:05 am By Ted Peters

Are frozen embryos really children? The Supreme Court of Alabama forces us to ask this question. Let's turn to the Protestant justification of a "yes" answer by Chief Justice Tom Parker and then examine the "yes" answer posed by Roman Catholic bioethicists. My own answer is negative. Read more

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Supreme Court of Alabama

2024-02-27T10:57:49-08:00

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Christian Nationalism on our Doorstep

Last updated on: February 27, 2024 at 10:57 am By Ted Peters

Will the Trump presidential campaign put Christian nationalism on our doorstep? Would a Trump reelection turn Washington into a theocracy? Read more

Politics and Religion

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General Christian

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Christian Nationalism

Tim Alberta

2024-03-23T10:02:43-07:00

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Body, Soul, and Spirit. Soul 3

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 10:02 am By Ted Peters

How do you like trichotomy? Body, soul, and spirit are three dimensions of one whole person. Read more

History and Religion

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Theologies of the Soul

trichotomy

2024-03-23T10:02:12-07:00

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Substance Dualism. Soul 2

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 10:02 am By Ted Peters

Is your soul an immaterial substance that, with a soulechtomy, can be extracted from your body? Is the soul made out of an immortal material? Or, is it better to use the word, "soul," to refer to the whole person that includes body, soul, and spirit? Read more

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2024-03-23T10:01:42-07:00

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Theologies of the Soul. Soul 1

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 10:01 am By Ted Peters

Let's take a tour through options, through alternative theologices of the soul such as Emergent Dualism, Nonreductive Physicalism, Theological Materialism, Atheistic Materialism, and, finally, a Trichotomy of soul with body and spirit. All these are distinctively Christian theological pictures; but along the way we’ll look briefly at Hinduism and Buddhism for comparison. Read more

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History and Religion

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Theologies of the Soul

2024-02-06T18:37:30-08:00

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Hopes and Hazards of Artificial Intelligence

Last updated on: February 6, 2024 at 6:37 pm By Ted Peters

Two hazards frighten our otherwise optimistic AI techies. First, the possibility of superintelligence -- what our transhumanists have been calling the "Singularity" -- taking over the world and dispensing with the human race. Second, bad actors with malicious intent getting a hold on powerful AI tools and disrupting global communications while letting loose lethal autonomous weapons. Read more

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2024-02-01T08:50:27-08:00

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Religion and Science Weekend 2024

Last updated on: February 1, 2024 at 8:50 am By Ted Peters

Religion and Science Weekend, sponsored by the Clergy Letter Project, will be February 9-11, 2024. Let's ask the scientists in our congregations to stand up to tell us what they do and why their work contributes to the common good. Read more

Technology and Religion

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Clergy Letter Project

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Religion and Science Weekend

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Ted Peters

2024-01-26T12:29:44-08:00

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What is Public Systematic Theology? Part Three

Last updated on: January 26, 2024 at 12:29 pm By Ted Peters

What does "public" mean in "public systematic theology? According to Michael Agerbo Morch,the use of “public” is a reference to the criterion of intersubjectivity. Theology must be discussed in a language that is understandable and accessible to non-theologians. Read more

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Ted Peters

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