Peter R. Stork Livres

Engaging with the intersection of science and faith, the book encourages Christians to rethink their understanding of creation in light of modern scientific discoveries. It argues that many believers cling to outdated, pre-scientific views, which limits their theological perspectives. By embracing scientific data, the Christian community can enhance their comprehension of God's creation and the intelligible world He has made for exploration and understanding. This call to reimagine faith through the lens of science aims to bridge the gap between belief and contemporary knowledge.

Relying on René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire and the dramatic theology of Raymund Schwager, this monograph examines the fragility and failure of the human rights system when faced with escalating global violence. One of the author’s central concerns is the human condition that makes violence foundational to the social order. He also argues that the human rights crisis is neither an accident nor a shortfall in implementation but the result of subconscious, collective structures of civilization itself. In the theological key, the author relates the notion of imitative desire to data of Christian hope enabling the reader to reflect on important questions of human rights from a fresh perspective. This highly topical and necessarily controversial work should appeal to a broad readership. Social and political scientists, educators, contextual theologians, as well as readers with a critical concern for the future of human rights, and those who are searching for new approaches to the problem of mounting violence, will find this wide-ranging anthropological and theological investigation both provocative and encouraging.