One of my favorite parts from The Brothers Karamazov (so far) is when Father Zosima is talking to the peasants who have come from far and wide to seek his counsel and healing. Although I was aware that such practices existed, having read about them in my atheist years, it was a bit jarring...
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When you think of heaven, what do you think of? A dream-like place with clouds? A land full of angels with wings and halos and harps? A location to meet up with old family and friends? Now, what verse in the Bible describes heaven that way? Cute, but not what the Bible describes. There...
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A dear friend of mine is getting baptized this Sunday, and as a rebirthday present I wrote her this piece. Please don’t take it seriously. It is a reminder, if you will, that people can find signs of God everywhere–and a warning that even literary critics can be intellectually dishonest. It is a little-known...
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Today I’m going to give our readers something like a sneak peek of our next issue – coming out soon! – by discussing part of the contribution from Peter van Inwagen, John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame and all-around philosophical celebrity (best known for sticking it to atheists, compatibilists, and everyday...
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Russell Shorto’s article “How Christian Were the Founders?”, a piece discussing the religious revisions being made to textbooks by the Texas school board, has hovered in the New York Times’ “Top 10 Most E-Mailed” article list for the last week or so. It is an investigative report of the Texas School Board’s curriculum decisions...
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The Ichthus has been trying to look at a variety of fields of study from a Christian perspective, but we tend to focus on philosophy, theology, and art because that’s what the editors and writers specialize in. So this post is my attempt to reach out to students from other fields. I know not...
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Yesterday, free copies of a new edition of Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species were distributed at the entrances to Harvard Yard on Massachusetts Avenue. I was pleasantly surprised to receive the book (even though the text is available online), because it may be one of the most influential works of all time....
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