There has long been a tension within the biblical tradition over wisdom: Is wisdom something that we can attain through our natural abilities – reason, intuition, sensibility, conscience – or is wisdom something that only God gives? When viewed through the lens of resurrection, the foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God for […]

We often measure ‘truth’ in terms of a clinical correspondence between the words that we use and the static entity that we call “reality.” When we view truth through the lens of resurrection, we do not see reality as something static, but as something that is infused with God-given life. Truth, then, takes account of […]

While we typically think of the Ten Commandments as a pivotal text in the Old Testament. The Apostle Paul describes “the Law” through the lens of resurrection, as an expression of God’s glory, which is written on the heart instead of chiseled on stone.

Too often we see resurrection as a conclusion that we draw from reading the Scriptures. Jesus offers us a better way by saying that resurrection is not the conclusion, but the premise – resurrection is the lens through which we see the power of God in the Scriptures and in our lives.

Michele Bratcher Goodwin Michele joined the faculty at the UCI – School of Law on July 1, 2014 as Chancellor’s Professor of Law.  She is also the Founding Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. Previously she held the Everett Fraser Chair in Law with joint appointments at the Medical School and […]

In 1962, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” which showed the unintended consequences of using DDT, which had been a very effective means of eradicating malaria and other insect-borne diseases. What Carson brought into our consciousness was that humanity was part of the interconnected web of life with nature, not a dominating outsider. Carson’s insight helps […]