by William Hurren. Sometimes as adults we forget that all our reflections on science and faith have a history and that we all came to this space by a long route, sometimes deep into childhood. In this blog we get
Reading Tom McLeish in a time of Lent
by Nicola Hoggard Creegan. In 2021 one of the unintended consequences of the pandemic was that the Boyle lecture was streamed live to the world. This lecture was delivered by Prof. Mcleish (who recently died –see facebook). It was entitled “The
John Polkinghorne sage doyen of Science and Faith: tribute from a physicist
By Prof. Jeff Tallon, physicist The Reverend Canon Sir John Polkinghorne KBE FRS passed away on 9 March 2021. While he distinguished himself in two separate careers, one as a professor of mathematical physics and the other, latterly, as an
John Polkinhorne (1930-2021): testimony of a biblical scholar
Re John Polkinghorne, by Dr. Tim Medowdroft, Senior Research Fellow, Old Testament, Laidlaw College I was sad to hear this week that John Polkinghorne had died. I am not a scientist (not even close) on two counts, first that I
Healing in a Time of Pandemic
By Nicola Hoggard Creegan Based on a sermon on John 9:1-41 given at All Saints, Ponsonby, on Sunday 22nd. On March 24th this year, we were given 2 days’ notice to move from level 2 to level 4 lockdown, a
An Earth Day Parable
The Pangolin Effect: Covid-19 and Human Sin by Silvia Purdie, 22nd April 2020 April 22ndis Earth Day, and it behoves us to think closely about our effect on the earth. The trail of this present pandemic tragedy is a case in
Evolution and Beauty
by Nicola Hoggard Creegan In our upcoming conference Beyond Conflict: Evolution, Science and God, we will among other things, be exploring different understandings of evolution, both at the level of mechanism and philosophically. This blog, then, is a short excursus
Does Science Prove God? A Response to Professor Richard Easther
The Spinoff recently published a blog post written by Professor Richard Easther, head of the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland. The post concerned the showing of a “creationist” video (embedded in the post) in Mount Hobson Middle School during
Seeing God
by Prof. Carolyn King There is a story about an American who was determined to see the Loch Ness monster. He travelled to Scotland, and asked the locals for information about when and where it had been seen, and by
Suffering and God
This blog post is a series of responses on the issue of pain and suffering in light of theism to questions posed on our Facebook page Response from Graeme Finlay Our universe has a fascinating history. An important lesson to
The Nature of Dialogue
This excerpt is from a book by Paul Stock, Duel or Dialogue: The relationship between science and faith. Copies of this book can be obtained directly from the author at Chaplain@massey.ac.nz Genuine enquiry In recent years we have seen the demise of
Beyond Anthropocentrism: Are we guilty of causing the ecologic crisis?
Adapted from a paper given at the Beyond Blame conference, Wellington October 8th, a partnership between the Center for Theology and Public Issues (Otago), A Rocha Aotearoa NZ, and NZCIS. Nicola Hoggard Creegan This year (2017) we mark the
On Thomas, the Resurrection and the interface between faith and science
On Thomas, the Resurrection and the interface between faith and science. Nicola Hoggard Creegan He is risen! He is still risen! This is the Church season of Easter, the fifty days after Easter Sunday. But no sooner is the celebration
More Satisfying Answers: Taking the conversation about science & Christianity to a deeper level in New Zealand
Written by Ruth M. Bancewicz reblogged with permission from Science and Belief Sometimes science can throw in questions that seem to upend theology completely, but is that a bad thing? In the end, faith can come out of those conversations far stronger