Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Christian Faith: Reframing Creation, Dignity, and Redemption
To the point
Finding intelligent alien life would not automatically threaten core Christian beliefs, but would push theologians to reformulate and broaden how creation, humanity, and redemption are understood in a wider universe, drawing on the views of Jeff Zweerink, Thomas Aquinas, John Buridan, David Wilkinson, Ted Peters, and C.S. Lewis, while recognizing the Bible does not address life beyond Earth.