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Science, Prayer, and the Density of Being

The other night, I watched a few minutes of the comedian Ricky Gervais’s new comedy show. Early in, he does a bit about his atheism and his willingness nonetheless to abide expressions of religious devotion. […]

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Walking, Thinking, and Praying

Joseph R. Wood: Faith and reason come together that we may see and understand reality in the fullness of truth, beauty, and goodness.

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On Wanting More: A Philosophical-Theological Potpourri

Joseph Wood: Overcoming inordinate desire seems easy with faith. Yet, for most of us, it’s the hardest thing. It doesn’t happen without grace.

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The Labor for True Greatness

Robert Royal: We need to rethink what is good or harmful, “the science of the good if you will,” in both temporal and eternal perspectives.

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Who’s your Daddy?

In Plato’s “Republic,” Socrates discusses a society in which the state arranges marriages among its best citizens and assigns their offspring to nurses chosen for the job, “employing every device to prevent anyone from recognizing her own infant.” The state then carefully supervises the children’s education so that they form opinions “desirable for them to hold when they are grown up.”

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