Archive for August, 2008

Aug 17 2008

Theme of the Day

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Our next meeting, on Friday 22 August, has no pre-defined theme. It will provide an opportunity for us to discuss whatever is on our minds. Here’s a few things that have been on my mind lately. How have Christian theologians responded to the environmental crisis? Surely any talk of God and the world has to […]

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Aug 03 2008

Gaia, God, and the Environment

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Our next meeting on 8 August will look at Gaia theory and ask about its relevance to the environmental crisis and to religion. James Lovelock proposed the hypothesis that the earth and the biosphere function like a superorganism, regulating things so that they are favourable for life. He said that Gaia had both a scientific […]

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Aug 02 2008

The New Atheism: a Response from Drewermann

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Eugen Drewermann, the outspoken German theologian who is very well-known in Europe, but almost unknown in the English-speaking world, now has his own monthly radio programme. Each session is three hours, during two of which he answers listeners’ questions. Thanks to the modern miracle of podcasting, I can download and listen to these programmes. Recently, […]

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