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
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
Easter reflections
by Nicola Hoggard Creegan It is Easter, and He is risen! We hear very little if anything about the religious meaning of Easter in the New Zealand media. This central core of Christian teaching, is, however, of immense importance in our
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
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
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