Theology Unpacked

In this episode of "The Science of Creation," Dr John Moffat SJ examines how Jewish and Christian traditions have used prophetic and allegorical readings to reinterpret ancient texts in light of new cultural and philosophical ideas. He explains how Jewish and Christian thinkers incorporated Greek philosophy, including insights from Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics, to deepen their understanding of God and Creation. 📧 ⁠⁠Sign up for regular updates⁠⁠⁠, including follow-up study days! 📚 ⁠⁠⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠⁠⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 ⁠⁠Join online or in-person courses⁠⁠⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠⁠⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠⁠⁠.

Do take part in our polls! In this Episode of "Theology Unpacked", Dr John Moffatt SJ explored how Jewish thinkers in the centuries before Jesus looked at the Old Testament writings and reinterpreted them in new and sometimes conflicting ways, influenced by their historical context and by engagement with Greek philosophical culture. Two views of creation emerged: one in which God creates the world and grants humans the freedom to obey or disobey His laws, and another where God is deeply involved in human destiny, promising a new creation at the end of time. This reinterpretation of sacred texts opens the door for new religious ideas, gradually shaping the Christian theology of Creation. In our next episodes, we'll look at how all this leads into the classical Christian understandings of Creation, the complicated relationship between religion and science, and what a good theology of Creation might tell us about how to save our planet. 📧 ⁠⁠Sign up for regular updates⁠⁠⁠, including follow-up study days! 📚 ⁠⁠⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠⁠⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 ⁠⁠Join online or in-person courses⁠⁠⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠⁠⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠⁠⁠.

Do take part in our polls! In this episode of Theology Unpacked, Dr John Moffatt SJ takes us on another journey for a best guess at author meanings for Genesis 2-3. Adding more cultural connections and myth as a parable of contemporary history! . 📧 ⁠⁠Sign up for regular updates⁠⁠⁠, including follow-up study days! 📚 ⁠⁠⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠⁠⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 ⁠⁠Join online or in-person courses⁠⁠⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre . If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠⁠⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠⁠⁠.

Do take part in our polls! In this episode of Theology Unpacked, Dr John Moffatt SJ takes us on a journey to guess intelligently what author(s) meaning for Genesis 1 and connections with ancient Middle-Eastern narratives. What is a myth? . 📧 ⁠⁠Sign up for regular updates⁠⁠⁠, including follow-up study days! 📚 ⁠⁠⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠⁠⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 ⁠⁠Join online or in-person courses⁠⁠⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre . If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠⁠⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠⁠⁠.

Do take part in our polls! In this episode, Dr John Moffatt SJ explores some current ideas in biblical scholarship about the turbulent historical context of exile and restoration in which the Genesis texts were written. . 📧 ⁠Sign up for regular updates⁠⁠, including follow-up study days! 📚 ⁠⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 ⁠Join online or in-person courses⁠⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre . If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠⁠.

In this podcast, Dr John Moffatt SJ introduces the texts of Genesis 1 and 2-3 and a simple working theory of interpretation: reader meaning and author meaning. . 📧 Sign up for regular updates⁠, including follow-up study days on your branch of interest! 📚 ⁠Explore the wide range of reading materials⁠ in the Heythrop Library 🤓 Join online or in-person courses⁠ at the London Jesuit Centre . If you find our podcasts helpful, please consider ⁠donating to the London Jesuit Centre⁠.

Dr John Moffatt SJ shares the story behind producing the Heythrop Institute's new podcast "Theology Unpacked".