On the Big History and the Bright Future of Education
“To start with, these studies suggest that there may be something slightly misleading in talking about a person’s God concept. Rather, in each individual we may have multiple concepts of God or a very flexible concept of God that adapts Continue Reading …
“Dialogue does not impose, does not manipulate, does not domesticate, does not “sloganize.” This does not mean, however, that the theory of dialogical action leads nowhere; nor does it mean that the dialogical human does not have a clear idea Continue Reading …
“Religious pluralism can be seen as part of God’s single, rich, intricate design for the salvation of the human race, one divine love working itself out through a multifaceted plan. This positive assessment of pluralism is profoundly theological. It rests Continue Reading …
“No scientist had referred to nature like this before. ‘What speaks to the soul,’ Humboldt said, ‘escapes our measurements.’ This was not nature as a mechanistic system but a thrilling new world filled with wonder.” — The Invention of Nature: Continue Reading …
“Seeing the living God as Creator not just of human beings but of the whole world in which we humans are embedded, ecological theology finds warrant to cross the species line and extend this divine solidarity to all creatures. It Continue Reading …
“For most of our history, we have been occupied with the cracking of codes—from deciphering patterns in the weather, the water, the land, and the stars, to parsing the nuanced behaviors of friend and foe, predator and prey. Furthermore, we Continue Reading …