Tag Archives: cosmology

When Making Makes No Nuttin’ Difference

Posted on 7 September 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

We have to be careful. It’s easy to misconstrue the Christian claim that God has created the universe out of nothing. In his popular book Theology and Sanity, Frank Sheed writes: God made it. And He made it of nothing. … Continue reading →

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Exorcizing the God of the Gaps

Posted on 1 September 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The rise of modern science created a problem for Christian theology. If God is not scientifi­cally needed to explain why water freezes at 32°F or why the stars come out at night, if the universe is just a self-powered machine … Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Dance That is Holy Trinity

Posted on 19 May 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

After his harrowing battle with the Un-man and his rebirth in the bowels of Perelandra, Elwin Ransom finds his way to a hidden “valley pure rose-red, with ten or twelve of the glowing peaks about it, and in the centre … Continue reading →

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A Self-effacing Gardener: The Unity of God’s Activity in Nature and Grace in the Theology of Austin Farrer

Posted on 30 December 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Jeffrey A. Vogel, Ph.D. Introduction At the end of Faith and Speculation, his last major work, Austin Farrer writes the following: “Our thesis is no more than that the relation of created act to creative Act is inevitably indefinable, … Continue reading →

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Sergius Bulgakov on Evolution and the Fall: A Sophiological Solution

Posted on 1 May 2017 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Charles Andrew Gottshall Introduction As John Milbank perceptively pointed out in his paper “Sophiology and Theurgy,” the Russian sophiologists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were far ahead of the West in theologically responding to modernity, including … Continue reading →

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Creatio ex Nihilo: The Oordian Demiurge

Posted on 26 April 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Thomas Jay Oord: creatio ex creatione a natura amoris “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice after falling down the rabbit hole. Like most of his fellow contributors to Theologies of Creation, Thomas Jay Oord believes that “we need an alternative to … Continue reading →

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Creatio ex Nihilo: Alternative Proposals (1)

Posted on 22 April 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The new book Theologies of Creation, edited by Thomas Jay Oord, presents ten essays by different theologians addressing the doctrine of creation, with critical attention to the creatio ex nihilo. The majority of the theologians find the traditional doctrine problematic, … Continue reading →

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Sergius Bulgakov: The End of the World is Nigh!

Posted on 3 July 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

On this point science and the Bible agree (sort’ve): the history of the present universe will come to conclusion. Whether the universe continues to expand indefinitely, ultimately approaching the temperature of absolute zero (big freeze), or at some point begins … Continue reading →

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