Would the existence of other life forms make any difference to Christian claims? Philosopher Peter S. Williams explores.

The ongoing scientific quest to explore ‘Space, the final frontier’ is intimately bound up with the search for ‘strange new worlds and new civilizations’¹, and with issues of an undeniably spiritual character. As a 1999 NASA report on the ‘Societal Implications of Astrobiology’ affirmed:

the search for extraterrestrial life ...

Roger White wrestles with the philosophical implications of living in a universe such as ours, where the finely tuned conditions for life exist. is there evidence of a Designer?

John Leslie (1989) argues vigorously that the fact that our universe meets the extremely improbable yet necessary conditions for the evolution of life, supports the thesis that there exist very many universes. The view has found favor with a number of philosophers such as

In a paper to Christians in all manner of social positions—married, divorced, single, childless or parents—Andrew Cameron considers contemporary attitudes to children, from despair to hatred to worship and idolatry of family life.

Being dismissive to children
Contempt for children for children is not new. The old Law of the people of Israel, written over three thousand years ago, makes it clear that children have ever been subject to the

Did anyone ever think the earth was flat? An historian of science explores a case of Christian vilification.

How does investigating the myth of the flat earth help teachers of the history of science?

First, as a historian, I have to admit that it tells us something about the precariousness of history. History is precarious for three reasons: the good reason that it is extraordinarily difficult to determine “what really happened” in any series of

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The debate about ID is also a debate about how to do apologetics. A physicist weighs its apologetic value.

Christians in different parts of the world are getting excited about “intelligent design” (ID), the movement initiated by Philip Johnson (Darwin on Trial) and best known for the work of Michael Behe (Darwin’s Black Box) and William Dembski (The Design Revolution); it points to aspects of biological systems that because of their ‘irreducible

Does Presuppositionalism offer a true biblical epistemology, or is it philosophically flawed and inconsistent with Scripture itself? Dani Scarratt offers a critique of Van Til and Frame.

Presuppositionalism, broadly speaking, is a way of thinking about epistemology from aChristian perspective, which has implications for apologetic method. It’s inception is generally attributed to Reformed theologian Cornelius Van Til, and is quite popular in

Ben Myers from the Uni of Queensland runs a heady blog called Faith and Theology, which begins with a cute (and instructive) theological history of blogging. Very worthy of return visits! http://faith-theology.blogspot.com/

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Does human consciousness refute Christianity?

Francis Crick, Nobel prizewinner for his work on DNA, writes:

‘You’, your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules.¹

This was Crick’s ‘astonishing hypothesis’, from which came the title of his famous book. The hypothesis is that the

What was the character of religion in the Victorian era?

The controversies surrounding Victorian religion involve technical issues of Biblical criticism, scientific discoveries and ecclesiastical tradition. All of these subjects, I propose, arise out of the central dilemma of essential, or spiritual, authority. This essay examines the forms of religious doubt that were experienced by Victorians and argues that the focal point for these concerns was

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Deep down we all desire a return from the dead.

The resurrection of Gandalf was one of the great moments in my reading childhood, and perhaps one of the most relieving scenes in modern fiction, and now cinema.The hobbits are not alone; the Balrog did not triumph; the great hope and security of Middle Earth is not lost, but is stronger than before. And more powerful, and more impressive, and more comforting than ever. Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf

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