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The Practical Atheism of New Agnosticism

We are experts at persuading ourselves that what we do not want to be true is false, or at least uncertain.

Dec 7, 2023
Robot Playing Piano

Christians and Robotic Life

How are Christians to approach questions of artificial intelligence - with disdain and dread, excitement and joy, or something else entirely?

Nov 30, 2023
An autumn path

To Our Beneficent Father

"I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States... to set apart and observe... a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."

Nov 23, 2023
Christ over the fog

Christianity and a Free Society

Christianity has played a significant role in safeguarding, not hindering, a free and just society.

Nov 16, 2023
College classroom

The Directions of Higher Education

At many universities, a façade of moral neutrality is giving way as political and moral stances become more transparent. What will this mean for higher education in general?

Nov 9, 2023
Pedestrians

Utopia and the Complexities of Human Behavior

Those who attempt to improve society while overlooking the complexity of human behavior mistake the very nature of the world they seek to improve.

Nov 2, 2023
Globe from above

Vantage from the West

Hatred for the West and blind allegiance to the West may not offer the truest glimpse of reality.

Oct 26, 2023
A cross in Jerusalem

The Christian Witness

As a Catholic cardinal offers to exchange himself as a hostage for children taken in the war in Israel, Christians continue to carry the Gospel of Christ in the Holy Land.

Oct 19, 2023
Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at night

If You Forget Jerusalem

Westerners often interpret conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians through a lens of nation-states and sovereignty, when perhaps the best lens for understanding is even more fundamental: religion.

Oct 12, 2023
The Vatican

Synodal Synopsis and an 800th Anniversary

A variety of perspectives provide context and insight into the Synod on Synodality.

Oct 5, 2023