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God: Abstract or Concrete?

Posted on February 2, 2014 by William Ockham
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Escaping the Ego: St. John of the Cross and an Anatomy of the Self

Posted on January 31, 2014 by William Ockham

Originally posted on A Wider Sunrise:
The most brilliant and illuminating discussion of the human self that I have ever read is in a a book by Denys Turner, The Darkness of God:Negativity in Christian Mysticism.* He draws from Aristotle…

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Flannery O’Connor on Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on January 30, 2014 by William Ockham

  “It is doubtful if any Christian of this century can be fully aware of his religion until he has seen it in the cosmic light which Teilhard has cast upon it.” Flannery O’Connor – The Presence of Grace.

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Thinking Faith and Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on January 28, 2014 by William Ockham

  To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus by Pope Pius VII, the Jesuits in Britain have produced a special calendar for 2014. The calendar features illustrations of 12 Jesuits from across the world who have been … Continue reading →

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SERMON: A Christmas Sermon On Peace, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 26, 2014 by William Ockham

Originally posted on The Value of Sparrows :
PEACE ON EARTH This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race.  We have neither peace within nor peace without.  Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night.…

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Encore Presentation of On Being’s Show on Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on January 24, 2014 by William Ockham

NPR is broadcasting an encore presentation of a 2012 radio show on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.  This show is an excellent overview of some of the ideas of Teilhard de Chardin and his relevance today.  It contains interviews with Ursula … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King, St. Augustine and Catholic Moral Law

Posted on January 20, 2014 by William Ockham

In the United States, we celebrate the life and ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr. today.  I am too young to remember King or the civil rights movement. However, as a began my journey back to Christianity, I came across … Continue reading →

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We Are Now Entering the Noosphere

Posted on January 16, 2014 by William Ockham

Originally posted on The Irrefutable Proof about Hobbits:
Our closest living relatives — chimps, bonobos, gorillas, orang-utans, and gibbons — are extremely smart, but their particular form of intelligence is predicated on the fact that they can’t necessarily trust their neighbours. …

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Slaying the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Robert Barron

Posted on January 16, 2014 by William Ockham
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Pictures from Teilhard de Chardin Collection at Georgetown University

Posted on January 15, 2014 by William Ockham

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting in person Frank Frost and Mary Frost who are producing the PBS documentary The Teilhard Project.  Frank Frost was gracious to give me a tour of the Teilhard de Chardin collection at … Continue reading →

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