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Radical Faith Exploring fundamentals of faith in a changed world
For
some decades now, Metaphysics
as an aspect of human wisdom has been widely regarded as a dead-
end. Its conclusions tend to be regarded as a matter of opinion,
and not in the same class as opinions derived from the sciences.
But it may be that in metaphysics lies our only hope of ever
welding into one all types of human knowledge.
It's
easy to disapprove of Hypocrisy
- but perhaps we should not be quite so quick to do so. As two
of our contributors point out, hypocrisy may be essential to the
smooth working of society. Is it perhaps a case of Christians
once more being holier than thou?
Beyond
the Fringe For
those who are open to venturing beyond traditional Christian
teaching, some challenging viewpoints are presented here.
u The
ascendance in the public eye of what can be broadly described as
scientism is as potentially damaging to the humanities as it is to Christianity. But The
Trouble With Scientism, writes Philip Kitcher, is that the
prevailing enthusiasm for natural science as able to provide answers to the great
questions of life is founded upon five highly dubious observations.
21/05/2012
Church
Watch
Sean
Brady, Catholic Primate of All Ireland, has refused
to resign after accusations that he failed to act over
serious sex scandals in the Church [More]
Pat
Robertson, controversial tele-evangelist, has
declared that the USA Episcopal Church will soon be
declared apostate by the Anglican Communion [More]
Richard
Dawkins, the well-known atheist author, has given
his support to the UK government's plan to hand out a free
Bible to every State-run school [More]
Georgia police in
Tiblisi have had to protect a Gay Pride march from
violence at the hands of Orthodox Church parents [More]
Muslims in Spain have protested after the Catholic Church
acquired an historic mosque for $15 [More]
A court in Lahore, Pakistan, has overturned life sentences
on a Christian couple for blasphemy [More]
but another young Christian has been arrested on the
same charge [More]
Obiter Dictum Gerard Hughes SJ describes a challenging afternoon
with Bishop Richard Holloway.
