CategoryReligion
McDowell: Is It Time Christians Moved Beyond the Evolution Wars?
Actually, a paradigm shift is already underway, Traditional Darwinism faces challenges on a number of fronts within biology studies
Panpsychist Philosopher Espouses “Heretical” Form of Christianity
The fine-tuning of the universe for life was a key factor in Philip Goff's decision that there must be some sort of God
“Nature of the Universe” Questions That Still Puzzle Physicists
What would go wrong if we just accepted that we live in a universe designed by a Mind far greater than ours? Would that really be the end of science?
Michael Egnor on Faith, Reason, and the Architecture of Reality
In this week’s podcast, discussion with Robert J. Marks, he talks about the relationship between arguments from philosophical reasoning and faith
Pew: Rate of Decline in Christian Belief in U.S. Is Slowing
The decline may be in the process of reversing itself. News items tell the story
Egypt To Expropriate Historic St. Catherine’s Monastery?
The fate of St. Catherine’s as a symbol is of greater importance than the fate of this particular holy site and its resident monks
Near-Death Stories: Has An Undiscovered Country Been Discovered?
A Catholic priest looks at ways we can understand these brushes with an unseen world
Can Christianity Just Abandon the Idea of the Soul?
Theologian Nancey Murphy thinks that the Christian tradition can do without the idea of a soul, by relying only on faith in a bodily resurrection
John West’s New Book Stockholm Syndrome Looks at Francis Collins
It’s not possible to reconcile Collins’s treatment of unborn children with a Christian view of them
Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational
His new book is written largely with the agnostic or full-on atheist in mind but believers would certainly also benefit, as I did
A Catholic Priest Talks About Human Evolution
Fr. Martin Hilbert approaches the topic from the perspective of evidence, reason, and faith — and realism about what is at stake in the discussion
New Book: The Catholic Case for the Design of Nature
Fr. Martin Hilbert notes that the history of life seems more like a separate collection of bushes than a single tree
Why We Must Not Use AI In Ministry: Response to Jay Owen
An open letter to Jay Owen, a popular proponent of AI in ministry
Douthat: Our Minds Are Tied to Reality
The New York Times columnist thinks everyone should be more religious“The world is intelligible,” Ross Douthat said to Jonah Goldberg on “The Remnant” podcast. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, has a new book coming out on religion and why “everyone should be more religious,” and he joined Goldberg to discuss the book along with our current political landscape. Douthat, a Catholic, referenced fine tuning and the profound evidence of intentional design in nature as one of the motivations for his own faith. He told Goldberg that it’s remarkable that we have minds that are able to accurately comprehend the world around us, let alone the chemical makeup of the universe. Our questioning natures, bent on discovering the truth of things, demonstrate that we live in something Read More ›
Daniel Dennett Made Atheism Easy to Understand
In the process, he somehow also made it less believable
Are Churches Becoming Victims of Stockholm Syndrome?
In a new book, John West looks at the problem of evangelical church leaders adopting the belief systems of their opponents, perhaps to stay safe
Rodney Stark: A Historian Finds a History Amid Cultural Myths
As his views matured, Stark found himself more and more opposed to the nineteenth-century positivist founders of social science
Richard Dawkins as an Unlikely Evangelist
As a recent book of essays demonstrates, the once much-vaunted new atheism spurred many thinking people to become Christians