James Fowler (1940-2015), a late theological scholar and former Professor at Emory University, proposed a theory of faith development that has become the most referenced stage-model theory taking into account […]
We have been looking at a few theological arguments that if successful provide evidential warrant for accepting God’s existence. We will spend much more time examining them, the evidential weight […]
What is theology? Theology is the study of the nature of God and religious belief. My own enrollment as a student in theology, philosophy and psychology at university has shown […]
1. Theological Rationalism. Theological/Theistic Rationalism (also called evidentialism) is simply the the view that faith, in order to be rational, must be based on argument and evidence. It essentially focuses on […]
The Evolutionary Naturalist & His Ethics. The view that ethics is no more than the result of biological forces can be seen in the words of top thinkers. Philosopher James […]
It is true that over time many women had begun to note their inferiority both within the church and in other spheres justified by church teachings (1). Thus Christian feminism […]
The serpent was a prominent religious symbol used in Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. In these cultures it stood as a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as […]
Attempts to explain how an all-powerful, omniscient God is compatible with the reality of evil & suffering in the world have spawned the concept of theistic finitism. Essentially, theistic finitism […]
Public theology tasks Christians to stand up for the oppressed, welcome the stranger (Whelan, 2014), and resist evil (Whelan, 2014). It fights segregation and discrimination (Smit, 2007: 148) while also […]
What is Niebuhr’s typology and what does he mean by culture? The culture Niebuhr refers to is not narrow (Niebuhr, 1951: 30) but is instead general in scope (Niebuhr, 1951: […]
