Faith in all of life: exploring how imaginative Christian thinking can transform and enrich every area of life
Exploring Christian faith in daily life
Learning about how Christian faith impacts every area of life and the universe we live in.
Innovative communication of the Christian story
Real-life stories that unlock the Christian faith by comparing and contrasting it with other worldviews.
Dynamic Christian thinking about the ideas that shape our world
Academic study, creative endeavour and scientific thinking from a faith perspective, in the university and beyond.
At Thinking Faith we are passionate about using our minds and imaginations to release the wisdom of the Christian faith into the world as a force for good.
We want to work with others to:
Recently I wrote about my impression of a predominance of religious worldviews and practices among the most celebrated mathematicians. I concluded by indicating that I wouldn't be surprised if religious worldviews were more conducive to great advances in maths and other disciplines, because of the way that faith and imagination are involved in discovery. Today I'd like to explore some slightly more specific ideas about how that might work. This is very tentative, largely because I'm clearly not one of those mathematical geniuses myself! But I wan
As 2019 has come to a close, and a new decade is beginning, I have been thinking about a poem by Emily Dickinson - one of my favourites, for its enigmatic imagery and its expression of longing: 'I did not reach Thee'. Here is the first stanza (you can read the whole thing here):
I did not reach Thee
But my feet slip nearer every day
Three Rivers and a Hill to cross
One Desert and a Sea
I shall not count the journey one
When I am telling thee.
