Does anyone know of any reviews of The
Purpose Driven Life from a Catholic perspective? I haven’t read it,
but I know millions of people have. I tend to be skeptical of anything
that popular. That’s not to say I never jump on any bandwagons, but I
like to check things out first. Also, I’ve heard some folks dismuss it
as “fluff” and others denounce it as heterodox.
I anxiously await your responses. 🙂
The president of Feminists For Life, Serrin Foster, is visiting Pennsylvania in March and April to present her lecture “The Feminist Case Against Abortion”. This speech has been included in the anthology “Women’s Rights” as part of the series “Great Speeches in History”.
Ms. Foster will be speaking at the following schools. (Last minute changes may be found here.)
Allthings2all is hosting the Science and Christianity Showcase. It’s a clearinghouse for
posts by Christians addressing the general theme of scientific reason as it relates to Christian faith. I
submitted Jerry Nora’s
primer on stem cells. The posts are diverse and many topics are covered. There is one topic, however,
which was forbidden: creationism vs. evolution. I was glad to hear of the topic’s exclusion since I see it as
a red herring and an albatross to the Body of Christ.
Since we’re on the topic of science and Christianity, here are some relevant articles.
Vision” Wins Templeton Prize
NEW YORK, MARCH 13, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Charles Townes, whose inventions include the maser and laser, and who
has spent decades as an advocate for the convergence of science and religion, has won the 2005 Templeton
Prize.
A life where science and faith
coexist
By Robert Tuttle | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK ? When Nobel Prize-winning physicist Charles Hard Townes was a professor at Columbia University
during the 1950s, a colleague, Willis Lamb, asked him if God ever helps him in the lab. Dr. Townes gave the
question some thought. “Well,” he recalls telling Lamb. “I think so.”
Faith and Reason Aid Each Other, Says John
Paul II
VATICAN CITY, JAN. 13, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Faith and reason are necessary and complementary in the quest for
wisdom, John Paul II explained when receiving a delegation from a Polish university.
Psychology That Is True to Science, True to
God
Gladys Sweeney on What Therapy Can Do for Troubled Believers
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 13, 2005 (Zenit.org).- A psychology rooted in the Catholic understanding of the human
person is not only true to science, but true to God.
The two laws at work under which we are limited and from which we seek answers to life’s questions are religion and science. Our conscience introduces us to the first, formal education introduces the second. Albert Einstein loved science, yet expressed humility upon finding himself buried beneath seas of data pointing to the existence of a mind behind the numbers. If he didn’t deny God, why should we?
Here are some more blogs that have sent some traffic my way recently. Please drop by and say hello. 🙂
