Opus Dei Exposed
My review of Gareth Gore’s engrossing exposé of Opus Dei in U.S. Catholic.
Category: religion
Carlo Rovelli on Reason and Faith
“From a theoretical point of view, the search for a compromise between reason and religion marks the evolution of Christian thought and nourishes the philosophy of the church fathers, from Saint Augustine to Saint Thomas. Seen from the point of view of a modern scientist, these efforts have a kind of desperate, tragic grandeur. Other… Continue reading Carlo Rovelli on Reason and Faith
When Faith Meets Science…
He hopes that his book draws enough interest to justify the publicatioin of a second volume, where he could present topics he addressed in the third and fourth Italian volumes, which are currently used in courses at the master’s-degree level.
The Melancholy Choice
If men are compelled to make the melancholy choice between atheism and superstition, the scientist, as Bacon pointed out long ago, would be compelled to choose atheism, but the poet would be compelled to choose superstition, for even superstition, by its very confusion of values, gives his imagination more scope than a dogmatic denial of… Continue reading The Melancholy Choice
Is This a Turning Point?
My post at Forbes on Pope Benedict’s recent founding of a new institute dedicated to examining the implications of science for philosophy–and theology. I think this is really good news. (Now, if I can just get some of the key players to talk about it some more …)