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April 2017

April 22, 2017

2 Reasons Why the March for Science is a Losing Strategy

The March for Science movement is a losing strategy, because of two reasons: 1. too little faith...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

What Do Sex, Lent, UFO’s, Evolution, and the Shroud of Turin Have in Common?

They're all, in one way or another, connected with Catholicism. That's how they're related. These...

March 03, 2017

Extraterrestrials Aren’t a Threat to Theology, Because They Aren’t New to the Ancient Church

I'm completely enthralled with the question, "Is there anybody out there?" --Fr. Brian Reedy SJ...

August 2016

August 07, 2016

Cosmos: Weakened Edition 13

The Weakened Edition is an opportunity for me to see and appreciate what appeals to...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Every Human Life Begins with a (Little) Bang!

We now know the universe began with a bang, even if it might end in...

January 2016

January 23, 2016

The Roots of Protecting Life From Conception in the Catholic Enlightenment

The story of the conflict between science and religion during the Enlightenment is mostly false. Catholics...

January 12, 2016

God DOES Play Dice and Cheats?

I bet on completing a PhD in the humanities. Therefore, I am a betting man....

December 2015

December 11, 2015

The Cosmos TOP10 Non-Fiction Books of 2015

The year is nearly done, kaput, fin and therefore it is time to take stock...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

The Jonah Paradox: Is Humanity Living on Borrowed Time?

The Jonah Paradox, as conceived in Dupuy's The Mark of the Sacred, is the existential mission...

October 2015

October 22, 2015

TOP10 Books On Theology and Neuroscience

The relationship between religion and science is frequently presented in an agonistic light. But there's...

October 01, 2015

Newton’s Apple and Other Myths About Science

The intersection of science and religion is a frequent topic on this blog. The relationship...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Negative Certainties Trump Scientific Facts Daily

It is easy enough to debunk the mythical origins of science in the Greek and...

August 17, 2015

The Newest News on the Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin

USA Today reports that new testing has pushed the Shroud of Turin back to...

August 14, 2015

No Theology, No Phenomenology of the Person?

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of German at...

August 13, 2015

Threatening Naturalism’s Universal Authority

Thomas Pfau is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of German at...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

The Subjectivism of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Yesterday we placed the ancient philosophical analogue, not to be confused with an "equivalent," of...

July 29, 2015

The Mythical Origins of Science

One of the pillars of Enlightenment, scientific, and New Atheist (not to be confused with...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Previewing Laudato Si’: Anthony Annett on Integral Ecology

Anthony Annett is a climate change and sustainable development advisor at the Earth Institute (Columbia...

June 12, 2015

McGilchrist: Your Brain, You Didn’t Read the Instructions, You’re Using it Wrong

Iain McGilchrist, the philosopher, neuroscientist, and literary critic keeps popping up everywhere. I've seen his...

June 11, 2015

Bet You an Arm & a Leg You Haven’t Heard of Transability!

Forget Caitlyn Jenner. The National Post reports about the next big trend in nominalism: When...

June 02, 2015

Santorum to CHEMIST Pope Francis: “Leave Science to the Scientists!”

Here's hyper-Republican ideologue Rick Santorum on Pope Francis (and climate change) in a radio interview...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Does Anyone Still Remember the Einstein vs. Bergson Thrilla in Paris?

Let's take an askew view of Memorial Day by recalling a long forgotten piece of...

May 19, 2015

Identity-Protective Cognition: Science Finally Discovers Original Sin?!

Aquinas said something to this effect many times in his copious publications: The eternal Father's...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Theological Beliefs Might Be Natural, BUT Are They Rational?

I have this nasty little habit of reading several books simultaneously. The variety of my...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Did Darwin Kill God? Conor Cunningham and Benedict XVI Answer

That's one heck of a question, isn't it? The BBC documentary at the bottom...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Milosz Mentors Merton on Manichaeism & the Modern Mind

It is fashionable to dump upon Thomas Merton. He seems to have been too open...

January 10, 2015

Houellebecq: Charlie Hebdo Coverboy Maps Faith’s Manifestations

Michel Houellebecq is on the front cover of this week's edition of Charlie Hebdo. It...

January 03, 2015

BREAKING — Pope Says We Are All Responsible for Climate Change

In a leaked draft of the forthcoming encyclical on the environment the pope says: Preservation...

November 2014

November 01, 2014

MacIntyre: What the Natural Sciences Do Not Explain

I am going through a bit of a MacIntyre renaissance of late. I've realized the...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Percy on Mental Hygiene: You Are Entitled to Your Depression

Octorber 5-11 was mental health week. You probably heard it mentioned on any of the...