soli deo gloria

Thoughts on theology, science, and culture

Monday, November 29, 2010

Robert Boyle FRS: distinguished scientist and Christian

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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was one of the founders of the Royal Society and of the field of chemistry. It is worth reading the Wikipedia entr...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Can you see the wood for the trees?

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I have finished my first draft of the resource article on emergence for Test of Faith. I welcome feedback.
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Finding similarities and differences in interfaith dialogue

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This week I encountered a new term, "Judeo-Islamic tradition." It occurs in an interview with Mark Cohen in the latest issue of t...
Friday, November 26, 2010

When swearing is no private matter

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I was part of an interesting discussion this morning about the etymology of the word testify and whether it is connected to testicles! The b...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

There are no self-made men

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When we are successful most of would like to think [even if only on the sub-conscious level] that it is because of our own initiative, effor...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Fallen scholars

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What should be our attitude towards the work of German scholars who were members of the Nazi party? Two cases have bought this to mind in th...
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The beginning of pluralism

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Stimulated by a discussion about doubt with a friend I have been re-reading the chapter Doubt in Karl Barth's Evangelical Theology: an i...
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Ross H. McKenzie
ST LUCIA, QLD, Australia
I am now happily retired. I used to be paid to have fun at work trying to use quantum many-body theory to understand electronic properties of complex materials.I am married to the lovely Robin and have two adult children and a dog, Priya (in the photo). I also write an even more personal blog Soli Deo Gloria [thoughts on theology, science, and culture]
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