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Richard Gunton

Richard is the Director of Faith-in-Scholarship at Thinking Faith Network. He also teaches statistics at the University of Winchester. His current passions include Reformational philosophy, history of sciences, ordination (the statistical sort), and wildlife gardening. He worships, and occasionally preaches, at St Mary's Church in Portchester. [Views expressed here are his own.]
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Is this a good school? The perils of far-fetched objectivity

It was at the start of this year that Ruth Perry, the headteacher of a primary school in Reading, took her own life after being informed that the school she led (and attended as a child) would be downgraded by Ofsted from “outstanding” to “inadequate”. This story, tragic on many Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 1 monthApril 27, 2023 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Artificial intelligence in the image of God?

Image: AI-generated by DALL-E* I had a chat with a robot the other evening. The OpenAI project has released an interface called ChatGPT, so I decided to do some research on artificial intelligence by consulting the authority at my fingertips: an AI dialogue partner. I asked it what progress there Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 2 monthsMarch 29, 2023 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Prof. Tom McLeish

Sad news emerged last week about Tom McLeish, professor of natural philosophy at the University of York and longstanding associate of Thinking Faith Network. Tom passed away on 27 February aged 60, leaving an amazing legacy of scholarship in understanding the physics of soft matter and of proteins in living Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 3 monthsMarch 6, 2023 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Creation’s incredible intelligibility

Understanding is a wonderful thing! I hope you’ve had many light-bulb moments in your past education, and that you continue to have moments of stunning insight in your current work. I don’t have such moments as much as I’d like, and my scientific research has never yielded a significant breakthrough. Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 4 monthsJanuary 24, 2023 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Connections for 2023

At the start of this new year, I’d like to offer you my selection of online initiatives that you could connect with for inspiration and fellowship on your journey of faithful thinking and research. The following resources give me hope and inspiration for Christian academic work, and share in the Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 5 monthsJanuary 3, 2023 ago
Faith-in-Scholarship

Hope for the future of Christian higher education

This is the title of a conference I have just returned from in Liverpool – and also, I would say, the result. The Hope Ecumenical Network was launched last week with a two-day international meeting that brought together representatives from at least fifteen universities and colleges with Christian identities, and Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 7 monthsNovember 14, 2022 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

CS Lewis: a visionary for our time?

Many people know of C.S. Lewis through his Narnia stories. Many Christians also know him as an apologist, whose own journey from atheism to Christianity informed his defence of the faith on radio and in person as well as in numerous writings. Not so many know him as a contributor Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 7 monthsOctober 17, 2022 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

What to study?

Now is a time when many students are choosing subjects to study. Those applying for undergraduate degrees in the UK will be browsing university prospectuses, booking open days and filling out UCAS forms. Those already at university may be finalising module choices for the coming academic year. And some doctoral Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 9 monthsSeptember 5, 2022 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

When ethical systems collide

News reports in the UK these last few days have commented on the resignation of Lord Geidt, the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser. Alongside the speculation by columnists, bewilderment about the reason for Lord Geidt’s sudden departure has been expressed by none other than the Prime Minister himself. The puzzle seems Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 11 monthsJune 21, 2022 ago
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Faith-in-Scholarship

Feeding the Earth

This Friday sees the launch of a series of lunchtime webinars about a topic that affects all of us: sustainable food systems. From farm to fork, what does it mean for our food to be sustainably produced, processed, distributed and consumed? As consumers, what kinds of products and ingredients are Read more…

By Richard Gunton, 1 yearMay 17, 2022 ago

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  1. Philip on New Age Faith and the Cosmic Ordering ServiceMay 24, 2023

    Blessings upon you, Mark, for highlighting in your brief article the sheer folly of the notion that we human beings…

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    You wonder if the universe, on such a view, would (or could!) ever "choose" (is that the appropriate word?) to…

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    Good one, Mark! You are right on point: Pantheism has no alternative but t deny that evil is real, and…

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    Really helpful article Mark - So much of the new age thinking seems to ignore the problem of evil -…

  5. Ted Newell on New Age Faith and the Cosmic Ordering ServiceMay 21, 2023

    I had an afternoon with a sincere well-educated Indian man lately. To him, Nothing is impossible if we grasp how…

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