Whither the Extended Synthesis?
I missed this confab at Oxford back in July of this past year, but this brief conversation between Fraser Watts, Michael Ruse and others is one I want to come back to, either here or at my Forbes blog.
Category: religion and science
Gregor Mendel, Call Your Office
Some thoughts on the recent, excellent Houses of Worship article by Steve Barr and Dermott Mullan in the Wall Street Journal.
A Return to Scholasticism?
There’s a great scene in Elaine May’s 1971 film, A New Leaf, where the main character, an aging WASP played by Walter Matthau, is being encouraged by his butler to marry rich in order to stave off bankruptcy. He’s frittered away his inheritance on expensive cars, the country club, and fine art. And he still… Continue reading A Return to Scholasticism?
Aczel vs. Krauss
My review of Amir D. Aczel’s latest book, Why Science Does Not Disprove God, over at Forbes….
William Stoeger, SJ: 1943-2014
My short tribute to Fr. William Stoeger of the Vatican Observatory.