creation
Dust and glory
Our origin in dirt can teach us humility. But what if it also bears the divine image?
Can scientists make a universe from nothing?
“Empty space is never really, truly empty,” says science writer Zeeya Merali.
Gods who make worlds
By definition, epic fantasy involves a world with a creator. Tad Williams’s Osten Ard is the best since Tolkien’s Middle-earth.
Everything from nothing
Theologian Brian Robinette argues that the beleaguered doctrine of creatio ex nihilo is both important and practical.
Episode 38: Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, author of The Not-Yet God
A conversation with Franciscan Sister Ilia Delio, author of The Not-Yet God, about creation, evolution, pantheism and panentheism, and more
Strange sounds in deep water
In 1958, Frank Watlington was listening for Soviet submarines when he stumbled onto an alien world.
Living by kinship, not consumption
When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.
Did God intend for Adam and Eve to live forever?
Maybe immortality is about more than not being dead.
Creation and new creation
A collection of essays invites artists and
theologians into conversation.
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
Climate change is a symptom of deeper planetary dysfunction
Five ideas for treating the greater disease
Shane McCrae reimagines the life of a wounded angel
Poetry that continues the rich literary tradition of angels and offers a new, illuminating perspective
The pandemic didn’t make our food system vulnerable
It always has been—because vulnerability is part of creation.
A guide to religious education during the climate crisis
For Jennifer Ayres, it’s crucial to name our ecological identity and responsibility.
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
Rowan Williams sees creation through the human, divine Christ
The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.
The extinction of whales, birds, and other creatures that once praised God
God called all of them good. Humans are rapidly destroying them.
Crossing the boundary between theology and science
Essays that consider the natural order as God's creation—in a way scientists might recognize.