BILL TONER SJ :: God resembles the gardener who nurses sick plants back to health rather than the gardener who pulls them up in order to keep everything neat
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Moving beyond the old battles between science and religion
GERALDINE MOONEY SIMMIE :: Real change in our world will require moving away from the hyper-rationalism that shows in both science and religion
Read More »Spirituality after Einstein
BILL TONER SJ :: The insights of Einstein have changed our understanding of the whole universe, but this does not put paid to spirituality.
Read More »The experience of grace: a reflection
BILL TONER SJ :: Notes for an online group reflection on the experience of God's grace, with a little help from Karl Rahner
Read More »Evolution – does God interfere?
Bill Toner SJ :: What role, if any, does God play in the evolution of our planet, or is there no room for God in natural selection?
Read More »Conspiracy theories and Covid-19
BILL TONER SJ :: The pandemic has led to a raft of conspiracy theories, which shows a sense of alienation and powerlessness and a loss of trust in public bodies.
Read More »Infallibility in the Church: blessing or shackle?
BILL TONER SJ :: The Church's doctrine of papal infallibility is problematic on a number of fronts, both theological and historical
Read More »Renewing the face of the earth
The Jesuits in Britain and Ireland are divesting from companies whose major income is from the extraction of fossil fuels
Read More »Reflections on Original Sin
BILL TONER SJ :: A note to introduce an article by the late John Moore SJ, Professor of Botany, on scientific problems raised by the doctrine of original sin
Read More »What did Jesus teach us about Hell?
Bill Toner SJ :: Whatever the reality of Hell, the stress of the New Testament is decidedly on the eternal life of joy awaiting us and the infinite mercy of God.
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