By Alister McGrath The news that a new Anglican Communion Science Commission is being established is to be welcomed, not least because it ensures that Anglicanism will be prepared to engage an increasingly confident scientific culture that often challenges traditional beliefs and attitudes. There is a need for Anglicans to be aware of both the scientific and theological … [Read more...] about Anglicanism and the Natural Sciences
Alister McGrath
Autobiographical Apologetics
The Landscape of Faith An Explorer’s Guide to the Christian Creeds By Alister McGrath SPCK. Pp. xiii+256. $23 Review by J. David Moser St. Augustine called Christians viatores, wayfarers, who journey through this world to their heavenly destination. Alister McGrath, the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, has given us a map … [Read more...] about Autobiographical Apologetics
Chronicles of Joy
Review by Stephen PlattenLate on in his life I was fortunate enough to count Peter Bide as a friend. It was Bide who, completely out of sync with the ecclesiastical law at the time, solemnized the marriage (with a nuptial Mass) of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman; they had already taken part in a civil marriage ceremony. This living link made Alister McGrath’s remarkable biography … [Read more...] about Chronicles of Joy