Stepping Stones to my Educational Doctorate (EdD) (Smith 2013) Theology and Religious Education –  A Book Review The Mind’s Road to God: Saint Bonaventure  (1221-1274) Contents Introduction Bonaventure The Soul’s Journey to God   Introduction This is an analysis Bonaventure’s text “The Soul’s Journey to God” (also published as ‘The Mind’s Road to God’), focusing […]

A First DRAFT Abstract        In response to the call for an answer to the question in the title, an effort is made to express some challenges associated with a clear response for the request. Given the changing landscape for religion in the UK with which there is a waning in the number of people […]

Stepping Stones to my Educational Doctorate (EdD) (Smith 2013) Metaphysics and Post Modernity      The Problem of Evil In this essay I aim to define the problem of evil as depicted by many authors within the field such as J.L. Mackie, and in particular, David Hume, a very influential philosopher concerning the problem of evil. It […]

Stepping Stones to my Educational Doctorate, (Smith 2013) These blast from the past sketches are examples of my attempt to get to grips with aspects of theology. As a scientist, or more specifically, a science teacher (of faith), it was important for me to have a knowledge base with theological underpinnings. I am inspired by […]

The Journey Begins Read my Article published by the Christians in Science Network  Christians in Science Network Science and Faith in Education http://connect.cis.org.uk/science-and-faith-in-education.html Connecting Science and Faith (Issue 4)

Stepping Stones to my Educational Doctorate, (Smith 2013) A Critical Reflection on  the use of the Bible in Feminist Theology                                                                            […]

The Groaning of Creation This report sets out to critically analyze Christopher Southgate’s attempt to illustrate creation as both good and groaning. In an introduction to his book “The Groaning of Creation”, Christopher Southgate gives thanks to God as he explains, through Christian theology, that he doesn’t aim to prove the existence of God (Triune), […]

Editied by Berry Billingsley, Manzoorul Abedin and Keith Chappell (2018) As a UK teacher who teaches science and with a longstanding concern about how to help my students with questions that also puzzle me about science and religion I can recommend this book. Set in the 21st Century, characteristically ‘science’ and ‘religion’ are often viewed […]