About my research
Recently I've placed my research within the category of Public Systematic Theology. I think of public theology as originally conceived within the church, critically honed in the academy, and offered to the wider culture for the sake of the common good. Oh, yes, I'm still quite concerned about doctrine. But I treat numerous topics that cross boundaries such as theology 'n' natural science, religion in politics, extraterrestrial intelligence in culture, and ecological ethics. That's my scholarship. I also treat such matters through fiction. I'm preparing a series of espionage thrillers. The protagonist is a woman pastor -- named Leona Foxx -- who is also an astrobiologist and a covert spy. These novels include science, religion, and good ol' fashioned violence.
All Stories
- ArticleThe exchange of divine and human attributes
- ArticleDo You Trust Science?
- ArticleScientists as well as theologians are ready to look at the UFO phenomenon.
- ArticlePublic Theology Facing a Planet in Turmoil
- ArticleAstrobiology: The Almost Religious Science
- ArticleWhen did our ancesters evolve to the point of religious consciousness?
- ArticleGod's grace is cosmic in scope
- ArticleTheologians should embrace science yet eschew scientism
- ArticleWarning: watch out for the replacement factor in the US election
- Article“The Struggle for Cognitive Liberty: Retrofitting the Self in Activist Theology,”
- ArticleShould we genetically alter the DNA of astronauts heading for Mars?
- ArticleArtificial Intelligence versus Agape Love
- ArticleAllies in the Struggle Against the Post-Truth Swarm
- ArticleTranshumanist Enthusiasm versus Theological Realism
- ArticleArtificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, and Frankenfear
- ArticleOur Common Cosmos: An Exercise in Astrotheology
- ArticleThe Problem of Theodicy within Theistic Evolution
- ArticleCovenant, Blood, and Violence: America at War with Itself and Others
- ArticleAstrotheology: Science and Theology Meet ET
- ArticleWhat is Public Theology?
- ArticleMicrobial Life off Earth: instrumental or intrinsic value?
- ArticleTen different ways of relating science to religion: what are they?
- ArticleAnalysis of Ted Peters "God--the World's Future" by Paul Hinlicky.
- ArticleTheologians Get No Respect!
- ArticleRemembering Ian G. Barbour's book, "Issues in Science and Religion."
- ArticleShould CRISPR Scientists Play God?
- ArticleOuter Space and Cyber Space: Meeting ET in the Cloud
- ArticleGod--The World's Future
- ArticleSeminary Students Should Study Science
- ArticleSin Boldly!
- ArticleThe Boundaries of Human Nature
- ArticleTheological Reflections on Space Exploration
- ArticleDeep Incarnation andKenosis: In, With, Under, and As: A Response to Ted Peters
- ArticleDifferent religions and different theological systems model the divine differently
- ArticleIs the Human Genome Sacred?
- ArticleContributions from Practical Theology and Ethics
- ArticleA Parish Pastor Responds To Ted Peters
- ArticleOn Atheism: A Response to Ted Peters
- ArticleOn Pluralism: In Response to Ted Peters
- ArticleOn Parish Theologizing in Response to Ted Peters
- ArticleModels of God
- ArticleNaturwissenschaft und Religion. Ein wachsender Forschungsbereich
- ArticleAstrotheology
- ArticleProtestantism and the Sciences
- ArticleThe Problem of Suffering in Theistic Evolution
- ArticleWhere There's Life, There's Intelligence! All Life is Intelligent.
- Article"Sin Boldly" means to make the best judgment in a morally ambiguous situation.