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Mark 1:9-13 - The Spirit Descends on Jesus

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Catholic Church in turmoil over Sex Abuse Scandal

February 28, 2019

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Q&A: What is theology? (and everything else you need to know)

February 28, 2019

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS

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Q&A: What is theology? (and everything else you need to know)

Q: What is theology? Theology is the study of religious belief and God. The word 'theology' originates from the Greek word for God 'theos'. It is an academic discipline seeking to answer questions such as how is God involved (or not) in the world today? What should we teach our children about the meaning of life? What moral standards should we live by? Are euthanasia and homosexuality morally acceptable? How do we understand death? How do we explain evil? How do we interpret religious texts? What is my vocation in life? Q: How is theology different to philosophy? As we can see, theology is focused on the questions of religious belief. Philosophy is a lot broader - it asks questions about belief in general. This includes questions of epistemology (knowledge) and ontology (the nature of being). Whilst this blog is focused on theology - and so the questions of belief and morality - there will, inevitably, be plenty of philosophy involved! Q: Why does theology ma

Catholic Church in turmoil over Sex Abuse Scandal

One of the Pope's closest advisers has been found guilty of sexually abusing 13 year old boys in a Cathedral. Can Pope Francis restore faith in the Catholic Church? "God weeps" for the victims of child sexual abuse, Pope Francis has declared. Yet whilst the Pope might believe he knows what God feels about sex abuse, he does not appear to know what to do about tackling its continued existence within the Catholic Church. In the week that the Pope held a conference at the Vatican aimed at finding ways to stop such horrific abuse of children by priests and bishops from happening in the future, one of his closest advisers was in a courtroom for sexually abusing 13 year old boys in a Cathedral after mass. As Francis declared that sex abuse was the 'work of the Devil', one of his closest Vatican advisers George Pell was being found guilty by a courtroom of abusing the young boys and attempting to cover it all up. The sexual abuse of these choirboys was n

This is Theology Today

Hi, how are you?! Welcome to Theology Today , a new blog bringing you the latest news, ideas and opinions in theology. Now I know what you're thinking - "theology?! I don't think so!!" It's fair to say that theology isn't the most fashionable subject in the world today. Many people don't even know it exists as a subject, let alone take an interest in it. Why, you might be asking, would I care about ideas about God? Why would the study of religion, philosophy and ethics interest me in the slightest?! Well let me tell you why! We might not realise it, but theology and philosophy is everywhere. And I mean everywhere! When we are making decisions about what we do everyday, we're making moral and ethical decisions. When we think about what makes us happy and what we believe in and why, we are engaging in philosophical discussions and debates. Religion is an essential part of international politics, and for many people worship of God is central to their

Mark 1:9-13 - The Spirit Descends on Jesus

Mark's Gospel starts not with the timeless story of the Nativity, but with the Baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan. He immediately plunges straight into showing that Jesus is not just an ordinary man, but someone divine in origin and destined for greatness. Straight after being baptised, Jesus saw 'heaven torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove'. It's a very dramatic scene, isn't it?! It raises questions about what heaven is or looks like - is Mark talking about the clouds in the sky? And it leaves us wondering what the 'Spirit' might be - some kind of divine power, divine inspiration, a spark of God descending onto Jesus and ordaining him with a religious mission? This is a passage very rich in symbolism. Isn't it the case that when each of us decides to commit our lives to God - symbolised by the Baptism - that we receive that spark of the Spirit in our lives? That we find we are living with a greater energy, a greater purpo

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