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UPDATE: “The Groaning of Creation” Chapter 6: Part III
We finish Chapter 6 of Christopher Southgate’s The Groaning of Creation.
We discussed the differences between pantheism and panentheistic models of God and their implications in relating with the world.
Here are our essays.
Chapter 6: The Call of Humanity – Part III
We will cover the last 2 sections of Chapter 6 in Christopher Southgate’s The Groaning of Creation.
Please answer one of the following questions:
Groaning of Creation – Chapter 6: “The Call of Humanity” – Part II
Is there a calling for all of us to be stewards of creation? Should we just preserve nature as it is, or must we be more active in re-creating it?
We will go over the middle sections of Chapter 6 in Christopher Southgate’s The Groaning of Creation.”
Please write an essay on one of the following questions:
UPDATE: Chapter 4.4 – “Developing a Theology of Evolutionary Creation”
Does evolutionary creation lend itself to self-transcendence?
During our conversation last Sunday, we had a hard time trying to grasp Southgate’s meaning of the word “transcendence”. We also had a hard time defining the word “love” as well in a philosophical sense. Seems simple enough until you get down the deep theological and philosophical aspects of it rather than the simple everyday notions of the word “love”.
Here are our essays.
UPDATE: Chapter 4: “An Adventure in the Theology of Creation” – Part I
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905 – 1988), Swiss Roman Catholic theologian
We had another intense conversation this past Sunday as we began our first dip into Chapter 4 of Southgate’s book.
We discussed topics on God’s passability and suffering, whether or not God could attain new levels of self-actualization, the relationship of the persons within the Trinity, whether or not consciousness exists in inorganic matter, if God created an ambiguous world, and Jurgen Moltmann’s and Hans Urs von Balthasar’s views on kenosis and the Trinity.
Yes, we covered a lot of topics to say the least.
Here are our essays.
“The Groaning of Creation” – Chapter 4: “An Adventure in the Theology of Creation” – Part I
Did God the Father grieve when Jesus suffered and died? If so, then did God change? Does God change if he suffers? Can God experience new things? Grünewald, Matthias “The Crucifixion”, 1515; Detail from the Isenheim altarpiece
We will cover the first three sections of Chapter 4 of Southgate’s The Groaning of Creation.
Chapter 3: “Strategies in Evolutionary Theology”
Are these dolphins engaging in the act of gang rape? If so, are they culpable for their actions? Are they sinning?
Had a very interesting session this past Sunday. One of the topics revolved around “when” sin “entered” the picture.
Was it always present in creation or did it emerge around the time anatomically similar homo sapiens did around 200 – 150 thousand years ago? Or was it around 50 – 40 thousand years ago when when cognitively modern humans came about that sin entered the picture and we became morally aware or conscious of our actions?
If sin was around since the beginning, then are animals culpable of sin? Are the dolphins above sinning and are to be held accountable for their actions?
Among our group, there still seems to be a prevailing belief that humans are somewhat set apart and distinct from the rest of the animal kingdom. We are still uncomfortable with being called animals or part of the animal kingdom.
Does being created in “the image of God” make us unique, separate, and above all other creatures?
Here are our essays.
Chapter 3: “Strategies in Evolutionary Theology”
Job suffers and mourns alongside Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Does God suffer alongside us as well?
We will go over Chapter 3: “Strategies in Evolutionary Theology” in Christopher Southgate’s book The Groaning of Creation.
“Questioning Darwin” – HBO Documentary
This HBO documentary takes a look into the beliefs of creationists and biblical literalists to understand why they so vehemently oppose evolution and Darwinism. That’s one half of the documentary.
The other half looks into the life and beliefs of Charles Darwin, and how so often he is misunderstood.
I would’ve liked if they could have interviewed Christians who embraced evolution or had no problems believing in the comparability of evolution (by natural selection) and Christianity, but they may be in the minority or not as vocal as creationists and evolutionary atheists.
This is a huge topic within American culture, society, and religion that gets really heated at times.
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