When I read things like this, I can understand why people want to ignore the issue of climate change. If things are as bad as writers like McKibben say, and if the measures they describe are what’s called for, then I just can’t see how we’re going to pull off anything that radical in time [...]
Archive for January 2nd, 2008
We’re doomed, the continuing series
Posted in Bill McKibben, Economy, Environment, Politics on January 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The end of the world as we know it (3)
Posted in Books, John Polkinghorne, Science and Religion, Theology & Faith on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(See here and here for previous posts.)
The third part of The God of Hope and the End of the World is Polkinghorne’s attempt to construct a positive theological vision out of biblical insights, but one informed by what scientific cosmology tells us about the nature and destiny of the universe. The resurrection of Jesus, in [...]
The end of the world as we know it (2)
Posted in Books, John Polkinghorne, Science and Religion, Theology & Faith on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The key principle that Polkinghorne uses to construct his eschatological vision is that of continuity/discontinuity. If God is going to bring new life out of this fated-for-death universe, it must be both continuous with what has come before and discontinuous in overcoming the frailties, limitations, and evils of the present universe. The paradigmatic expression of [...]
The end of the world as we know it (1)
Posted in Books, John Polkinghorne, Science and Religion, Theology & Faith on January 2, 2008 | 12 Comments »
One of the things I usually make a point of doing when we’re visiting my wife’s family in Indianapolis is to make a trip to Half Price Books. They sell both used books and remainders, and it’s rare that I can’t find some gem at low, low prices. (They also have HPB in California, but [...]
Living in an “endemic surveillance” society
Posted in Leviathan, Politics on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Go, USA!
(link via Unqualified Offerings)
