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I’m Sure Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
And now, something different. Last week I wrote three articles as songs. Here’s the first, an ironic song that...
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Faith in Science and in Religion
Not recognizing the difference between intelligibility faith and religious faith leads to statements like: “Whereas religions normally make a...
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“Out in the main square with a pile of wood around my ankles…”
Global warming? Academics are to blame! At least that’s what Mark Pedelty wants us to consider, at least insofar...
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Scientific Truth as Grounded in Faith—Part II
Some of the latest movies on war exhibit this dehumanizing process. In them violence has no face, suffering has...
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Doubt in Religion
Just as it is simplistic to say that there is no faith component in science, it is not quite...
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A light-hearted look at melancholy….
That’s just what you won’t get with Eric G. Wilson’s essay, “In Praise of Melancholy,” published in a recent...
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The Hermeneutics of the Kingdom of God: John Caputo and the Deconstruction of Christianity
Recent years have witnessed a change in tone within what is still a developing field of continental philosophy of...
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Doubt and its Variety
Doubt is a state of mind, some would say an affliction of the mind. It refers to a condition...
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Mindreader’s Rights: Don’t tell me what I’m thinking
Doctor: Bob, bad news. You’ve got cancer. Bob: Well, I’m going to want a second opinion. Doctor: All right,...
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Rapidly produced, just as rapidly forgotten
It is possible that Russell Jacoby has me dead to rights. In his IMHO column in the Chronicle Review, dated...