Is this a dispute about words? It could be but these are key terms and so much is bound up with them that it is important to get their meanings right. What is this faith that works? In the first place, this faith always leads to some action, and such action is always more than […]
Some people try to exclude arguments about theology from science. This is part of a strategy that goes like this: Science is the only reliable source of knowledge about the natural world. Science excludes all arguments about theology. Therefore, wherever science goes, theology must retreat. Also, theology has no knowledge to contribute to science. If
Radical Orthodoxy is a movement (or ‘disposition’) among some theologians which attempts to articulate Christian orthodoxy in the context of post-modernist critiques of modernism, post-liberal critiques of liberalism, and post-secular critiques of secularism. They’re not creationists but they do make some similar points about creation, fall, and redemption contrary to naturalism. According to its best-known exponent, John Milbank, theology
On Peter Gillquist’s Becoming Orthodox (Conciliar Press, 1992) This book presents an engaging story and defense of the transition of a group of evangelicals into the Antiochian Orthodox Church. Parts One and Three tell the story and Part Two presents a defense of Orthodox positions on issues sensitive to many evangelicals. The key point in
The three streams concept was introduced in the book, “The Household of God” by Bishop Lesslie Newbigin of the Church of South India in the1940’s. The movement developed further from the “third wave” of the Spirit in the 1980’s. The basic idea is that the church has been needlessly divided because of differences that should flow
I The Medium, the Message, and the Meaning of God is God. One cannot communicate with God apart from the Spirit of God and the Word of God. The ultimate meaning of God is not outside of God. There is no-one and nothing beyond God that God points to. The meaning of God is God.
“Faith” is usually contrasted to “works” as if there were an antithesis, which is said to come from the second chapter of the Epistle of James. Someone works for something they don’t have but hope to gain. To work for something one cannot gain would be foolish. It would also be foolish to work for
Before the 19th century it was commonly understood that only God (or perhaps the “gods”) were actually infinite. If one spoke about the actual infinite, one was doing theology. In mathematics infinity was considered a manner of speaking, which was clarified in the early 19th century with the careful definition of limits. In the late 19th century
I agree with those theological critics who say that the age of the earth or universe is not by itself a major issue for theology. It’s only when the age of the earth or universe are wedded to other ideas that major issues arise. Two minor issues can make a major issue. Before the rist
Nowadays there is increasing concern for a dialogue between science and “religion” – which usually means Christian religion. The implications of science for religion are discussed in serious tones and tomes. But if there is genuine dialogue, then the implications of religion for science should also be considered. However, there is a problem at this
