Scientific
What can observation, testing, and revisable evidence establish?
A book by Anthony Forde
In My Father’s House,
There Are Many Mansions
Rethinking God, Science, and the Future of Our Shared World
What if the source of life is rooted not in fear, domination, or arbitrary punishment—but in unconditional love?
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The central question
One source.
Many ways of seeking.
This book begins with a conviction: whatever created life must be rooted in unconditional love. It asks what follows if we take that idea seriously—and what we must reconsider when inherited descriptions of God reflect human fear, tribalism, or the desire to dominate.
It does not ask readers to abandon faith. It invites believers, seekers, and nonbelievers to investigate honestly, protect freedom of conscience, and judge our beliefs by the life they produce in the world.
“The rooms are different. The house is shared.”
A respectful conversation
Science and theology
need not be enemies.
Science investigates what can be observed, tested, compared, and revised. Theology asks questions about ultimate reality, meaning, moral responsibility, love, suffering, and our relationship to the source of existence.
The work is strongest when evidence is not asked to prove a theology, and theology is not used to refuse evidence.
Historical
How have time, culture, power, and circumstance shaped understanding?
Philosophical
What assumptions are being made about truth, knowledge, and value?
Theological
What questions arise about meaning, purpose, love, and responsibility?
Inside the book
A journey from inheritance
to responsibility.
Thirteen chapters move from personal spiritual formation, through questions of God and knowledge, toward a practical vision of human cooperation.
Part I
The Search for the Source
- A Child Looking for God
- The God We Inherit
- When Faith and Experience Collide
Part II
Rethinking What We Mean by God
- Human Language and the Mystery of God
- Fear, Punishment, and the Limits of Ancient Understanding
- Love as the Character of the Source
Part III
Science, Theology, and the Living World
- What Science Can Tell Us About Life
- What Science Cannot Decide for Us
- Interconnection, Evolution, and Responsibility
- When Faith Becomes Humble Enough to Learn
Part IV
Many Mansions, One Living House
- Truth Without Religious Domination
- Unity Without Uniformity
- Building a Life-Centered Human Future
From the introduction
MM / 01Can we recover love beneath dogma?
Can we seek truth without domination?
Can science become powerful without becoming morally directionless?
Can faith become humble enough to learn?
Can humanity cooperate without surrendering the differences that make cultures and traditions meaningful?
Nothing true needs to fear sincere investigation.
Nothing loving needs to depend upon coercion.
From reading to practice
A place to think honestly.
The companion workbook turns each chapter into reflection, discussion, and practical action. Use it alone, with a reading partner, or in a family, classroom, congregation, book club, or interfaith group.
- Thirteen chapter reflection modules
- Five part-integration exercises
- A thirty-day life-centered practice
- A personal commitment for responsible action
Reflection 1 of 5
What were you first taught about God—and what did that image produce in you?
An invitation, not an attack