I wish to all my blog readers a very happy start to 2017! Read more
I wish to all my blog readers a very happy start to 2017! Read more
Counting down the top ten posts in 2016 (some of which were actually written in years past, but they continue to get traffic): #10 The Novelty of the Personal Relationship with Jesus #9 Silent Night (Quaker Arrangement) #8 The Original Aramaic Lord’s Prayer is None of the Above #7 Not Liberal Just Literate #6 Ayn Rand Christmas Cards #5 The Most Effective Squirrel Baffle Ever Although to be honest, I now think this one is more effective: #4 What’s Your Source?... Read more
The Quest for Consonance THE QUEST FOR CONSONANCE: THEOLOGY AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES MCKENNA HALL CONFERENCE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME APRIL 2-5, 2017 What is the relationship between faith and reason, theology and philosophy, religion and science? Since the rise of contemporary philosophies of science in the 1960s, there has been a growing desire to contextualize standard discussions of theology and science through newly understood historical and philosophical methodologies. This desire has shown itself primarily in historical studies... Read more
A setting of Psalm 16 by my colleague Frank Felice. You can find the score for the piece on his Selected Works page. Read more
2016. People keep saying it can’t get worse and 2016 keeps saying, “hold my drink.” – Rose LaVista — James F. McGrath (@ReligionProf) December 28, 2016 Read more
See also Hemant Mehta’s response to Ken Ham’s list of the “accomplishments” of Answers in Genesis since its founding. Read more
There is a long history of uncritical support for Israel among American conservative Evangelicals. Somehow the fact that the prophets criticized ancient Israel for wrongdoing, and that the Bible depicts obedience to God as essential to possessing the land, is lost on them. But perhaps Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement will change this. Because now it is not merely a choice between the prophets or Deuteronomy and the modern nation of Israel. Now it is a choice between the policies of the current... Read more
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The above cartoon from Abstruse Goose is called “Special Relativity Simply Explained.” But somewhat amusingly, if you download the image, it is called “How to ruin a scientist’s career overnight.” The comic illustrates an important point: a big issue in our time is not merely fake news, but looking to the news at all, even of a fairly reliable sort, for answers to matters that require much lengthier and more detailed explanation. Science, history, medicine, politics, economics – ultimately one... Read more
CNN reported that a Catholic Church in Sri Lanka printed the wrong lyrics to “Hail Mary” in the bulletin for their Christmas service. The lyrics to the Tupac song “Hail Mary” were not what the church intended for people to sing… I have seen a lot of church bulletins where even cursory proofreading could have prevented embarrassment. But this is by far the worst such case – and so also the most amusing. HT Hemant Mehta Read more
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