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Tag Archives: Alister McGrath
The Seeds of Life
Can These Bones Live? This is the question posed in Chapters 10 and 11 of Alister McGrath’s book A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology where he gives a brief overview of the chemical requirements for … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Theology, Origin of Life
Tagged Alister McGrath
Does the Universe Point to God?
The second section of Alister McGrath’s book A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology deals with fine-tuning and natural theology in the context of a number of scientific theories and observations. The first of these relate … Continue reading
St. Augustine and Natural Theology
Chapter eight of Alister McGrath’s book A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology deals with the views of Augustine of Hippo on creation. Augustine reflected at length on Genesis, creation, and time. These reflections fill the … Continue reading
A Trinitarian Natural Theology
The first section of Alister McGrath’s book A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology deals with his vision of a Trinitarian natural theology. The section is rather academic. As McGrath sets up his vision for natural … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Theology
Tagged Alister McGrath
Natural Theology – An Introduction
Alister McGrath is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University. With a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics and extensive study in theology, including an additional doctorate or two, he is well qualified to speak on the subject … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Theology
Tagged Alister McGrath
Off to College … Into?
We are now into the second week of school around here. A new set of freshman (or “first years”) have arrived, ready to begin a new phase of life. Away from home and exposed to new ideas. It is rather … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Doubt, Problems for Faith
Tagged Alister McGrath
A Conversation about Paul’s Adam
We’ve been looking at the question of beginnings from the perspective of the early church fathers using Peter Bouteneff’s book, but it is also useful to listen to what contemporary Christian thinkers have to say about the question of Adam. … Continue reading
Posted in Adam, Conversation
Tagged Alister McGrath, N. T. Wright
