“As Orthodox As They Come”: A Backstage Conversation With Rob Bell
Rob Bell is on the move. In 1998, as a 28-year-old evangelical pastor in Michigan,…
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Okay, So ‘Quantum Theology’ Might Need a Bit of Explanation
It’s all about destabilizing our certainties, whether theological or scientific.
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Quantum Theology: Our Spooky Interconnectedness
“We are constituted, in every moment, by our relations. Some of them we compose, but they comprise the conditions in which we are composed. Theological entanglement is a form of what’s called ‘relational theology.’ Entanglement is meant to give a more physical, and spooky edge to our interconnectedness. This isn’t just about the apophasis of an infinite God, but about the element of unknowability in all of us—as creatures made in the image of the unknowable.”
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The ‘Messy’ God of Science
The department of physics in the University of Oxford is a hodgepodge of buildings, old and new. In a warren of rooms, its scientists pursue interests from quantum computing to theoretical cosmology. The diversity says much. As a tree of knowledge, modern physics has branches that shoot off in…
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Einstein’s Religion, Darwin’s Agnosticism
A new book by Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s “Speaking of Faith,” furthers the heartfelt intervention in the culture wars that her show represents.
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