by Susan Barreto | Mar 15, 2020 | Covalence Monthly
Last month was the 211th birthday of Charles Darwin, and while we reviewed the disagreements over evolution last month with Ted Peters, emeritus professor of systematic theology and ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, we are not yet done with...
by Susan Barreto | Feb 10, 2020 | Covalence Monthly
In what seems to be a never-ending battle, the question of what Christians should make of evolution is one that is re-occurring in public square — especially when it comes to public school education. This month, Ted Peters, Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology...
by Susan Barreto | Dec 11, 2019 | Covalence Monthly
Since the early days of the Internet, there hasn’t been a new technology drawing so much buzz and concern as artificial intelligence. This month, with the help of theologian Ted Peters, we take a closer look at what is at stake as he outlines how our view of AI may...
by Susan Barreto | Nov 7, 2019 | Covalence Monthly
The questions of why the universe exists and how it came to exist are two queries that we all ask and of course physicists have long sought to answer the latter, leaving the former to philosophers and pastors. This month, though, we see the power that a dose of...
by Susan Barreto | Oct 17, 2019 | Covalence Monthly
Photo by Jeremy Perkins via Unsplash This month we take another look back at how the ELCA participated in early faith and science dialogue in an ecumenical effort to answer how the church should respond to scientific and technological developments in our world....
by Susan Barreto | Sep 10, 2019 | Covalence Monthly
Photo by Nordwood Themes via Unsplash The average American spends 24 hours a week online, according to a 2017 study. Incredibly, that’s a whole day that we are spending staring at our smart phone/computer screen. And that is the average! This month though we dive a...
