Tag: theology
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New Windows for Religious Belief and Practice
The human species is in its infancy, not in maturity, as it deals with scientific understanding of its place in the universe and how it should (and must) develop. The windows used for centuries to understand our place in the universe and to shape religious faith have been upended and can no longer be relied
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Exploring Faith and Reason
Dr. Peter Vardy outlined the development of Christian doctrine in the early centuries and the later centrality of St. Thomas Aquinas in establishing the link between Philosophy and Theology.This led on to the tension between science and faith in the modern world, including Darwin’s theory of natural selection, and alternative approaches culminating in the contrasting
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The Need for a Theological Reformation
Church doctrines which are reliant on understandings of the universe that are longer believable are increasingly irrelevant. Only a reformed understanding of “God”, revelation, Jesus and liturgy can bring the changes so many people are longing to see. Renowned scholar and author, Michael Morwood, discussed how we can re-discover the teachings of Jesus by looking through a contemporary
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Submission to the Synod on Synodality
Responding to the invitation of Pope Francis, an ARC group of women met and then prepared a submission to the Synod on Synodality. They sent their document directly to Sister Nathalie Becquart, the Undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Their submission can be read here.Â