I was helped recently by some lines from American poet Walt Whitman while contemplating problems of prayer and providence which I addressed in two posts earlier this year. Warning: Whitman is famous for his optimism (and often criticized for it), but I like to reserve judgment on the ‘optimism’ of great poets, because they sometimes enjoy the [...]
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New thoughts on providence in regard to evil events
Posted in Apologetics, evil, good and evil, providence, theodicy, tagged Christianity, philosophy, theism, theology, Walt Whitman on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What more can the theologian say to the secular materialist?
Posted in Apologetics, tagged beliefs, philosophy, religion, science, theology on October 18, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I found not one but two good theologically-minded writers last week, who are I think taking theology’s case against materialist ideology to the next level. By that I do not mean to call the approach wholly new or to forget those who, in the spirit of Plato, Berkeley, and Kant, have contributed at a level quite above [...]
The inadequacy of the materialist’s concept of existence
Posted in Apologetics, tagged beliefs, faith, materialism, philosophy, religion, science, theology on October 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I found a theologically-minded blogger this week who is concerned with the state of the religious dialogue with materialism, and sees no harm in ending the logjam by making what at first seems to be a drastic concession. The strategy may be seen in a nutshell in this definition of existence, which concedes to the materialist the [...]
“Why I believe again”
Posted in Apologetics, tagged atheism, beliefs, Christianity, conversion, faith, religion on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I found a link to a New Statesman article from April 2009 which I had completely missed, by A.N. Wilson, “Why I believe again.” Thanks to Studium et Liturgica for the link, and apologies to any who feel it’s way old news, but please indulge me in some observations about Wilson’s rediscovery of faith after 20 [...]
