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This article argues that Christian theology should not understand science as a rival explanatory system but as a complementary mode of inquiry into created reality. Theology is concerned not only with historical doctrines or biblical interpretation, but with questions of ultimate reality, existence,…
This article develops a biblical theology of ecological responsibility for an age in which human beings possess unprecedented capacities to alter natural systems. It argues that the biblical language of dominion cannot be read as a warrant for unrestricted technological mastery. Genesis 1…
This article examines whether biblical descriptions of death as sleep imply unconsciousness until the resurrection. Through close readings of Ecclesiastes, Daniel, John, Paul’s letters, Luke, and Revelation, it considers the strongest arguments for soul sleep and conscious fellowship with Christ after death. Historical…
Modern cosmology has dramatically expanded the reach of human observation while also clarifying that observation has principled limits. Particle horizons, visual horizons, past light cones, and the causal structure of an expanding universe mean that the observable cosmos is not automatically identical with…
Christian theology confesses simultaneously that Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, remains fully human, and is eternally the divine Son. Yet these affirmations generate a question that is often acknowledged only indirectly: where, and in what sense, is the…
Generative artificial intelligence has moved from a specialised technical instrument into an everyday conversational presence. People now ask AI systems for moral advice, biblical interpretation, prayer, vocational guidance, emotional reassurance, and answers to questions of meaning. This article examines the transfer of spiritual…
This article examines a problem that sits between neuroscience and Christian resurrection theology: what happens to personal identity when memory is damaged, fragmented, or lost? Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, severe amnesia, and traumatic memory make the question difficult because autobiographical memory is closely tied…
The ecological crisis is unfolding within a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, autonomous machines, digital monitoring, and planetary technological systems. Christian environmental thought has often responded through the language of stewardship. Although stewardship has encouraged responsibility toward the natural world, it can…
The possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life has moved from the margins of theological speculation into a subject of serious interdisciplinary discussion. Advances in astronomy, astrobiology, and the discovery of thousands of exoplanets have prompted renewed consideration of whether Christian theology possesses adequate conceptual…
This article examines artificial intelligence and consciousness from a Christian theological perspective. It distinguishes computational intelligence from subjective awareness and considers whether artificial systems could possess consciousness, personhood, moral agency, or spiritual identity. Drawing upon Christian anthropology, the biblical doctrine of the image…
Christian missiology has traditionally understood the "unreached" through earthly categories of geography, language, culture, political restriction, historical circumstance, and limited access to Christian proclamation. The possible expansion of human civilisation beyond Earth introduces a new theological frontier: cosmic geography. This study proposes astro-missiology…
This article investigates one of the most challenging questions in contemporary Christology and astrotheology: if intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, would the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ on Earth be sufficient for their redemption? The study examines biblical theology, patristic theology, conciliar…