Dan Dennett is disappointed that theists in general, and theologians in particular, don’t take science seriously. They are more interested in immunization strategies. They retreat into faith assertions, deny (or don’t understand) evolution, and show little interest in philosophical arguments. Presumably Dan will be making some of these claims when he speaks at Scripps, one [...]
Here’s a recent discussion on the emerging church with South African Emergent leader Nic Paton. Nic is involved with The Sout Project, which he calls a “world emergent endeavour,” and has just produced a new album, “Story.” In this short discussion we talk about the new religion/science debate and how it links to emergent Christianity. [...]
One of the hardest parts of Christian theology to reconcile with science is eschatology, or beliefs about final things. Whether it involves affirmations of the second coming of Christ or talk of “a new heaven and a new earth,” eschatology seems worlds apart (as it were) from the scientific method and cosmology’s predictions about the [...]
