What does it mean to be a creature?
Canon-theologian Simon Oliver explains how and why the doctrine of Creation is cardinal and must frame all theology. (62 minutes)
The ecstasy of the act of knowing
Theologian Paul Griffiths situates our creaturely knowing within the framework of the relation between God and Creation
Rejecting “two-tiered” Thomism
Recovering a sacramental imagination
Hans Boersma argues that we need to recover the pre-modern view that Creation not only points to God, but that it participates in the very being of God — that in God we live and move and have our being. (29 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 155
FEATURED GUESTS:
Donald Kraybill, Thaddeus Kozinski, David Bentley Hart, Nigel Biggar, Ravi Scott Jain, and Jason Baxter
This world is now my home
Belden Lane describes several approaches to understanding how we experience the sacredness of earthly places and how we learn to see God manifest in His Creation. (48 minutes)
Living in a meshwork world
Theologian Norma Wirzba believes that Creation is the “material manifestation of God’s love” and that this fundamental teaching affects everything, especially our understanding of the meaning of modern environmental crises and climate change. (17 minutes)
Sneaking past watchful dragons
Junius Johnson describes how Hans Urs von Balthasar’s understanding of Creation resonates with that of C. S. Lewis and Bonaventure, all three of whom served as mentors in his thinking about beauty. (18 minutes)
The revelatory power of Creation
Gerald McDermott explains the theological and cultural obstacles that prevent us from recognizing Creation as an epiphany (16 minutes)
From a-rational faith to meaningless world
D. C. Schindler on how faith detached from reason guarantees relativism
