What is the Image of God?
What does it mean that we are 'made in the image of God'?
Conflict Myths: Bishop Ussher and the Date of Creation
There is probably no name more indelibly linked with rigid church fundamentalism than that of Bishop James Ussher (1581-1656), who today is…
Let There Be Light: Illuminating the Creation / Evolution Debate
The creation / evolution debate takes place not just between Christians and non-Christians but also within the Christian community. In this…
Do We Need to Believe in Adam and Eve?
What difference does it make whether Adam and Eve existed or not?
Creation or Evolution: do we have to choose?
Sincere, Bible-believing Christians often have sharply different views on the issue of creation and evolution. Some hold that evolution was…
Is it Possible to be a Christian and Believe in Evolution?
It all depends what you mean by the term ‘evolution’. Charles Darwin published the Origin of Species in 1859 as a theory to…
Adam and Anthropology
Denis Alexander addresses the theological issues associated with an understanding of Adam who was not the sole genetic ancestor of all of…
Creation and Evolution?
This is the first in a series of interactions between Denis Alexander and Peter S. Williams on the issue of evolution and intelligent…
Wilberforce and Huxley: A Legendary Encounter
The encounter between Bishop Samuel Wilberforce ("Soapy Sam") and T.H. Huxley ("Darwin's bulldog") is often portrayed as a typical example…