by Stephen Kolderup | May 8, 2019 | Features
For several years now the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has been engaging the religious public — seeking to learn more about how people of faith perceive scientific work and scientists themselves, developing models that explore common...
by George L. Murphy | Apr 10, 2019 | Features
Credit: Matt Artz via Unsplash Scripture doesn’t address the issue of climate change. As with other issues raised by modern science and technology, that wasn’t a concern of biblical writers two to three thousand years ago. The Bible does speak about weather...
by Ted Peters | Mar 7, 2019 | Features
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series on astrotheology. In the first installment we looked at the importance of this emerging area and how it is defined. Our brave eco-theologians and eco-ethicists strive valiantly to persuade the peoples of...
by Ted Peters | Feb 16, 2019 | Features
Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles on astrotheology. Next time, we will explore the ethics involved in dealing with our space neighbors. How big is God’s creation? The size of our nation? Our planet? Our galaxy? Or, the entire 94 billion...
by George L. Murphy | Dec 6, 2018 | Features
By Aaron Burden/Public domain via Unsplash “Teaching Faith and Science” was one of the areas for which papers were invited for the annual meeting of American Scientific Affiliation this past summer. I gave one of the papers, as well as being a reviewer of others that...
by Susan Barreto | Nov 2, 2018 | Features
Images of a volcanic eruption, stars in the universe and even a scientist working in the lab fed into a special service where the congregation was led to ponder how faith and science interact. On September 23, 2018, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Champaign, Illinois...
