Attempts to do theology without science are like trying to fly a kite
without wind. As crucial as it is to read the early Genesis stories through
ancient eyes, it is all the more essential to consider current scientific
informers when it comes to drawing theological conclusions today. If you’re
interested in these issues check out our book From Evolution to Eden.
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Our destiny is moving towards a ‘transformed’
future, not a recovery of an illusory paradisiacal past.
This means we are continuously finding our way along in
the magnificent adventure of exploring and embracing the symbols, metaphors,
and narratives about God and life in the cosmos.
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A recent read went something like this: Theologians
must be cautious and humble – they are not the masters of theology – then, in
the next line – who God is and what God has done stands independent of us.
The last part of this appears to undermine the first. That
is, it sounds like taking back something that is supposed to be given away – mastery.
I’d wager a better direction beckons. Instead of this categorical statement
about the independence of the being and doing of God, it seems likely that there’s
a mystery here that escapes dogmatic affirmations, since God ‘is and isn’t’ independent
still has to be worked out in the arduous complexity of life and death.
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Encountering the infinite mystery of another human
being is a sacramental invitation and a sacred adventure towards convergence.
This coming alongside or together phenomenon will take place at different
levels of familiarity; it is never nothing or everything. That is, to be
unaffected by or irredeemably lost in another is an expression of inappropriate
selfhood. Unadulterated oneness is not desirable. We are always to be intensely
touched by our engagements with the other, while remaining ourselves.
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Engaging a post-trust culture means meeting people
where they are in their suspicions and re-directing them to an ontology of
revised trust. Arrogant appeals made to institutions, politics, churches, or
texts no longer has traction, whereas personal encounter and investment carry
significant weight. Sacrificing time and energy should be a mark of Christian
love and charity towards others. Hammering out together the validity, or lack thereof,
concerning plausible explanations of reality has to take place one step at a
time. There are no fast and easy solutions to complex issues. Starting with
being human and living in the world is as good a place as any to begin the
journey.
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The hyper focus on reality today as merely material
is reductionistic. Materialism is unable to give a sufficient explanation of
several characteristics of life in the world, including justice and love.
When
our human limitations are pushed to the boundaries of existence, we ought to confess
that we need more than only a material world can offer. Reality, both beautiful
and daunting, has a spiritual dimension that is akin to, yet goes beyond what
we observe, reason through, feel, or experience.
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