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
Discerning an alternative modernity
In a lecture from 2019, Simon Oliver presents a summary of the cultural consequences of the comprehensiveness of the work of Christ. (28 minutes)
Everything about everything comes from God
Theologian Andrew Davison discusses how the idea of participation informs our understanding of God, of Creation, of being, of knowing, of loving, of law, of economics, etc. (28 minutes)
Understanding the doctrine of participation
Properly this-worldly by being fundamentally other-worldly
Hans Boersma on the necessity of affirming the links between Heaven and Earth
Faith born of wonder
Theologian Andrew Davison echoes a theme in the work of G. K. Chesterton, describing the work of apologetics as awakening a sense of wonder in the reality of Creation as a beautiful gift. (23 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 150
FEATURED GUESTS:
David I. Smith, Eric O. Jacobsen, Matthew Crawford, Andrew Davison, Joseph E. Davis, and Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Hans Boersma on For the Life of the World
Drawing from Alexander Schmemann’s book, Hans Boersma asserts that a recovered understanding of the relationship between God and Creation is essential to addressing a host of modern cultural crises. (17 minutes)