It is no accident--and indeed it is in all likelihood only the case because he was so honest--that what Plato never discussed philosophy absent a conception of ...
Introduction to Genesis
Let me start by saying that I am the least qualified of all people to write a series on the book of Genesis. I am no scholar. This is...
Can there be virtue in shame? Does shame have a place in our society today? In his contribution to the New York Times, Richard Reeves makes quite a controvers...
This is Part Three of the ongoing series “Maps and Territories.”
What do we mean when we say that we must have faith in Christianity?
We know that we should not...
“Aristotle, I have been told, hath said, that Poetry is the most philosophic of all writing, it is do, its object is truth, not individual and local, but genera...
The Gospel of Saint John begins: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God … The Word became flesh and made his dwelling a...
What is faith?
That has troubled me a lot. I often find myself praying for Jesus to reveal himself to the world, becoming frustrated when it doesn't happen, an...
As I write this post, I’m sitting in a comfortable armchair and gazing out of a window overlooking Harvard Yard. I’ve got my iced tea, and I’m planning on rea...
Power Beyond Human Reasoning
Last week I discussed Pascal’s Wager as forming a partial basis for faith in Christianity. That is, it serves as an argument for a...
This is Part Two of the ongoing series “Maps and Territories.”
Last week we saw how I ended up thinking my beliefs about God actually were God Himself, and was ...
