Augustine thought that God was all-powerful, that everything happens because God wants it to. But the Bible is full of stories, from the Garden of Eden onward, which show very clearly that much of what happens is not God's will.
Westar Institute is dedicated to fostering and communicating the results of cutting-edge scholarship on the history and evolution of the Christian tradition, thereby raising the level of public discourse about questions that matter in society and cul
A conspiracy theory is (in principle, at least) an interesting creature: a theory about a specific conspiracy - generally, seeking to explain certain events as being the result of a conspiracy. So when we talk in public about a conspiracy theory, we
Sex & Sexuality is, for many people, a very difficult area to talk about: if we can agree even a framework in which conversations can be held, this could be seen as a considerable achievement.
As climate change melts glaciers and alters rainfall patterns, we are seeing droughts and floods affecting ever more people - which means that even more ecosystems are being disrupted, with consequences we cannot predict.
These are the issues which are not in the official equalities list, some of which arise naturally from the official issues, and some of which occupy similar territory.
We are calling these issues 'easy' simply because everybody (more or less) recognizes them and and many people see them as issues which need to be tackled if we are to build a more just society.
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I think the underlying reality of our political battles is often much more nuanced than we generally recognise. You can't simply put people on a left-right axis, as if there was only one political choice we make: there are numerous issues we constan
Fission is a very controversial topic: some people think some use of nuclear fission will be essential to plug the hole left by fossil fuels before we manage to scale up renewable energy; others think the costs and the problem of disposal of nuclear
