Voltaire famously said that if God didn’t exist then we’d have to invent one. No way we could handle the Exile, being out of paradise on our own. Candide minding his own garden while war, rapine, ...
Of the Genesis account of creation, Ratzinger notes that it has a purpose other than to give a scientific or factual account ...
At Christmastime, we’re surrounded by sights and sounds that remind us not only that God loves us but also all of his creation. It was Psalm 98 that sent the English poet Isaac Watts to his desk in ...
Understanding God’s divine influence in the universe and in our lives leads us to ways in which we can support a healthy environment.
Is modern theology atheistic? This is the title of an article in last week’s Christian Century, written by a Christian philosopher who thinks that if Protestant theology is not out-and-out atheistic ...
In the Sunday, May 15, Courier, Randall Gann's letter repeated a Hubert Reeves quote intimating God is nature. As an alert to a misleading phrase, according to the Bible, God created nature in all its ...
Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister talks with feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson about her latest book, Come, Have Breakfast: ...
This is the artwork for God-centered nature series “The Riot and the Dance.” (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Carmel Communications.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s full steam ahead for “The Riot and the ...
I hope my favorite Bible study group at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is keeping up with my God Squad Psalms course. We have already studied Psalm 23, 131, 115, 117, ...
When many scientists, including Albert Einstein, say that they believe in Spinoza’s God, they are referring to a conception of God that is very different from the traditional theistic view found in ...
Contrary to popular belief that “all religions are the same”, Christianity is distinct from the way other religions think about and understand the nature of God. For example, the first difference is ...