Animal Suffering and What Christopher Southgate Missed

I'm only responding fifteen years late, but Christopher Southgate’s book The Groaning of Creation: God, Evolution, and the Problem of Evil (Westminster John Knox Press, 2008) was moving to me with its rare level of concern for animal suffering. It is a profoundly thoughtful book with many insights to recommend it. As my title suggests, … Continue reading Animal Suffering and What Christopher Southgate Missed →

The “Pre-Cosmic Fall” of N. P. Williams

Sergius Bulgakov (1871 – 1944) N. P. Williams (1883 – 1943) In working on a new Wikipedia article about the idea of a meta-historical human fall, I noticed an interesting set of similarities between the concepts of two eminent Christian theologians publishing within the same year: one in English within the Anglican tradition and the … Continue reading The “Pre-Cosmic Fall” of N. P. Williams →

Some Interviews with Jesse on Fairies, the Fall, and the Restoration of All Things…

I was recently invited by Steven HAuse with Love Unrelenting to talk about universalism (5 minutes), interfaith relationships (7.5 minutes), the atemporal fall (13 minutes), and the aliveness of all creation (7 minutes). Around the same time, I was invited to talk about the restoration of all things by Eric Van Evans with Conscious Philosophy … Continue reading Some Interviews with Jesse on Fairies, the Fall, and the Restoration of All Things… →

Did God Set Us Up to Fail? (Jordan Wood Responds)

[Editorial note: Content here is pulled from social media comments and posted by Jesse Hake (with permissions). Some of this same material, along with additional related content, was also posted here.] First, my friend, Maurice Mo Hagar II, asked for help on social media... Did God set us up to fail? What a great question! … Continue reading Did God Set Us Up to Fail? (Jordan Wood Responds) →

The Fall is Only Visible to Christians

Fr. John Behr gave a lecture recently about his forthcoming translation and critical Greek edition of On the Human Image of God by Gregory of Nyssa. It has a 8,000 word introduction and is due out in December or January. The title is what Behr gives as the correct title of the work that has … Continue reading The Fall is Only Visible to Christians →

Reading Proto-Genesis and Paul with David Bentley Hart (and Moses)

[Note: I’m honored to have had this article shared here by David Bentley Hart (along with one other on this topic).] As far as I can tell, the most "infamous" passage in Tradition and Apocalypse (controversial and disappointing even with some of Hart’s most informed and appreciative readers1) has been Hart's summary of the original … Continue reading Reading Proto-Genesis and Paul with David Bentley Hart (and Moses) →

David Bentley Hart’s Boldest Claim: An Online Chat with Eric Evans About Natural Evil

Although my comments here are hasty and brief, I was flattered recently in an online chat with the thoughtful Eric Evans (see his blog here and his YouTube channel here), and I share our comment chat below (along with a little more information at the end). I appreciate Eric giving permission to share this unpolished … Continue reading David Bentley Hart’s Boldest Claim: An Online Chat with Eric Evans About Natural Evil →