Our Trust in Science is Complicated
Historian John Lisle explains why our trust in science is complicated including factors of accessibility, recognition, and team-based research.
Martin Luther King Jr. on Science and Religion
While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be best-known for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and for his powerful preaching, he was a deep thinker who reflected widely including in this essay on the relationship between science and religion.
Despair as a Factor in Distrust of Science
How do non-scientists know when to trust science? How do we evaluate those in our midst who distrust science? To answer questions like these we need to learn more about the origins of mistrust.
Our Songs And Theology Inform Each Other
The songs sung by the church can tell us a lot about our theology. This article from Sojourners traces the recent history of worship music that engages with creation care.
Using the Tools of Psychology to Study Children’s Ministry
While children do think differently about the world, they also offer an interesting case study about how we communicate love… when we kind of back up the developmental clock and look at kids, we see that love is just as much an embodied interaction in a relational space. Even when we cover it up and rationalize it in adulthood, that doesn’t go away. For this reason, there’s value in thinking about what formation looks like for our 10-year-olds. They cry for the same experiences our adult hearts crave.
Does Neuroscience Allow Us to Believe in Human Freedom?
What’s going on with be debate about the existence of free will? Get caught up on the basics and emerging research.