Author: Lucas Mix
Image taken from Amazing Fantasy #15, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, 1962 Revd Dr Lucas Mix, from a talk given for the ECLAS “Science, Fiction and the Christian Imagination” at the Science Museum in London,...
I had the pleasure of worshipping with the congregation of Chester Cathedral on the last Sunday in Epiphany. The gospel reading was the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9). Chester has been hosting Gaia, a 6m globe with...
For eight years, the Science for Seminaries (SfS) programme has helped Christian seminaries to bring science into their core curriculum. SfS launched in the US and Canada in 2014, headed by AAAS DoSER in partnership...
Frank Herbert’s novel (and its recent movie adaptation) Dune asks us to imagine a world without computers. Herbert writes of a “Butlerian Jihad,” a religious crusade against machines. The name comes from Samuel Butler, who...
“Test everything; hold fast to what is good.” (I Thessalonians 5:21) What place does science have in seminary? A few weeks ago, I met with seminary teachers to discuss this question. ECLAS, with the support...
To be alive is to have power and agency, to shape the world around you. Human agency has been so powerful in recent centuries that we forget how unpredictable life can be. And then, the...
Coronavirus brings us face to face with our limitations: uncertainty, weakness, and death. This is a deeply painful place to be, but it can be hopeful as well.
Theology excels at asking about the impact of stories on our lives and, often more important, the impact of our stories on the lives of others.