God of piston and of wheel - towards a theology of engineering

God of piston and of wheel - towards a theology of engineering

The psalmist hymns the benevolence of God who tells the number of the stars and yet also provides for his animal creation, including 'herb for the use of man'. What happens when the same theological attention is given to the furnaces of the stars as Christian tradition has given to the biosphere? In what sense and to what purpose has the non-living fruit of creation been provided 'for the use of man'?

Continued at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9566605/Macqueen%20-%20God%20of%20piston%20and%20of%20wheel.pdf.

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The Gentiles ought to be of service in material things

How are we doing so far?

I set out on this as a personal exercise in urban theological reflection, with a Lenten discipline try try to post every day, regardless of quality. Well, I didn't quite achieve the hit rate, but I'm looking back at some very interesting pictures.

I still have a few visual images crawling around the cortex, so you may see a few more in time.

If you have been, thanks for listening.

Crucifixus est, etiam pro nobis

That last night, at supper lying,
'mid the twelve, his chosen band,
Jesus, with the law complying,
keeps the feast its rites demand;
then, more precious food supplying,
gives himself with his own hand.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?

As the time of the Festival approached, Jesus went up to his own city