"Cosmology might seem like a rarefied discipline, but in many indirect ways it touches everyone. We all have a need to…"

"The Biblical words about the genesis of heaven and earth are not words of information but words of appreciation. The …"

"Like Creation stories everywhere, cosmologies are a source of identity and orientation to the world. They tell us who…"

"Creation stories offer a glimpse into the worldview of a people, of how they understand themselves, their place in th…"

"As in Mediterranean Christianity, these saints became so popular that they almost crowded out the head of the pantheo…"

"“He knows nothing about how this will all end, except that it will surely end. He tries to imagine himself into a fut…"

"The biblical evidence for the existence of purgatory is, shall we say, ‘creative’, again employing the common theolog…"

"(About Wu Daozi) He excelled in every subject: men, gods, devils, Buddhas, birds, beasts, buildings, landscapes—all s…"

"'Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgato…"

"England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses."