The Challenge of Science to the Thinking Church

The author looks at the state of the contemporary relationship between science and theology and reminds all concerned that neither discipline ought to claim exclusivity as the way of knowing all about the world. He shows how those who take their Christian faith seriously and with integrity need to cultivate more flexibility in their understanding of doctrine and scripture, particularly those passages whose power has been shown to lie in the symbolic and the mythical, rather than the literal and the physical

The problem of natural divine causation and the benefits of partial causation : a response to Skogholt

In this article, I defend my previous argument that natural divine causation suffers under the problem of causal overdetermination and that it cannot serve as a line of demarcation between theistic evolution (TE) and intelligent design (ID). I do this in light of Christoffer Skogholt's critique of my article. I argue that Skogholt underestimates the naturalistic ambitions of some current thinkers in TE and fails, therefore, to adequately respond to my main argument. I also outline how partial causation better serves as a model for the relationship between God's providence and evolution.PostprintPeer reviewe

Theology for a scientific age: Being and becoming - Natural, and divine

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The Future for Theology in a Scientific Age

Neste trabalho são analisadas as presentes debilidades da religião – da teologia e da sua formulação intelectual – no seio da sociedade ocidental bem como o debate acerca da necessidade de uma teologia mais aberta que tenha em conta as perspectivas científicas. Sustenta-se que um melhor conhecimento de Deus e da Sua relação com o mundo decorrerá dessa prospecção, abordando-se parcialmente as suas ligações a alguns modelos tradicionais. Por fim, são analisadas as implicações dessa abordagem para o futuro da teologia.