When comparing Daniel Sheid with John Hart on the cosmic common good, we ask whether "cosmos" should stick with Earth or include ETI elsewhere in the universe. Read more
When comparing Daniel Sheid with John Hart on the cosmic common good, we ask whether "cosmos" should stick with Earth or include ETI elsewhere in the universe. Read more
Lifting up a vision of the global common good -- a vision of a just, sustainable, participatory, and planetary society -- is the first and necessary step to overcome the selfishness justified by modernity's functional religion, namely, free market economics. Read more
Might there by life on exoplanet K2-18b? Does dimethyl sulfide evidence count as a biosignature? At only 124 lightyears down the street, is it time to invite our new space neighbors to a church basement potluck? Read more
Kurt Gödel’s Afterlife Proof for resurrection of the dead meets the standards of scientific rationality and religious faith. If life in this evolutionary and historical world is meaningful, and if we die before that meaning can attain fulfillment, then it follows that we will enjoy meaningful fulfillment in the afterlife. Happy Easter. Read more
Robert Nicastro has just sucessfully defended his Villanova University dissertation on the revolutionary thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In this gripping recitation of Teilhard's career as both a scientist and theologian accompanied by an insightful explications of this complicated worldview, Nicastro inspires us with the hope that through evolutionary development God will unite all things in love at Point Omega. Read more
In order to make America great again, the White House tries to fire civil servants who are allegedly lunatics, impeach judges who are allegedly progressives, and deport immigrants who are allegedly criminals. In order to purify the nation, certain groups are being scapegoated. Will this actually purify America or pollute it with cruelty? Read more
Following Karl Barth, Sang Pil Yun argues that the calling of Jesus Christ extends to all humanity under the universal light of reconciliation, However, not all individuals become Christians in an existential sense. Christian existence is marked by a personal response to the call, In union with Christ, the called Christian loves God and neighbor. Read more
Planet Earth will miss its renowned paladin, Holmes Rolston III (1932-2025). He died on February 12 this year. Holmes was an academic champion of environmental ethics and public policy who influenced philosophers, theologians, scientists, and the wider public. Read more
When the public theologian attempts to diagnose the disease now plaguing Washington DC, Dr. Roger Olson's analysis is two ideologies: Neoliberalism and Social Darwinism. Instead, I believe a more precise diagnosis is simple: it's sin. How might the concept of sin better illuminate the shameless corruption and brinkmanship? Read more
Public Sin Might the concept of public sin aid the public theologian in illuminating the White House shouting match? The White House Shouting Match So, what’s the problem? The US president and vice president simply told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “no deal.” Because America could not extort tribute from Ukraine without providing that country with military security, Washington said “no.” Certainly, there’s nothing wrong with this. Right? Let’s look a bit closer. The White House placed the visiting Zelenskyy in... Read more
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