Current meat production damages our planet through deforestation and methane emissions while reaping untolled animal suffering. On the technological horizon we can envision no-kill cultured meat that could solve numerous ecological problems. Read more
Getting lost in depression can be a frightening even harrowing experience. What steps might a teenager -- or any of us, for that matter? -- take to rise above depression and regain a sense of flourishing? Read more
Existential questions prompt anxiety, the fear of nonbeing. We cannot escape them. We all must face anxiety, dread, and meaninglessness. Are there theological answers to these ultimate questions? Read more
Rock star Roman Catholic theologian Ilia Delio calls for a new theology in new wineskins that is in sync with scientific cosmology, evolution, and quantum physics. Does this mean we have to through out Thomas Aquinas like we recycle an empty wine bottle? Read more
Whether or not an everlasting hell exists is a difficult matter to settle. Nevertheless, we cannot just drop this concern, because how we develop the idea of hell has to do with the such concepts as divine love and divine justice. Read more
What happens after we die? This is one of the most anguishing of our existential questions. Materialists answer: when yer dead, yer dead. Get over it. Dualists answer: immortal soul. Easter Christians answer: resurrection of the body. Read more
Robert John Russell critiques my critique of David Hume to expand the discussion of miracle and nature's laws. Read more
It's time to inventory systematic theology resources for students, pastors, and scholars. Read more
Justification by faith, as emphasized by St. Paul and again in the Protestant Reformation, signifies that our forgiveness and salvation are gifts of God's grace. But, what does "faith" here mean? Belief? No. Trust? No. Indwellling of Christ? Yes. Read more
Does worship of the earth-mother goddess, Gaia, connect with the paradoxical religious sensibilities of the Beyond and the Intimate? Read more
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