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Originally posted on There Will Be Bread:
A couple of weeks ago the Albany Times Union, (note: the paper hosts a mirror of this blog on their website) ran a reprint of an editorial from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. To…
Pope Francis: Church Rejoices at the Progress of Science; Encourages Sharing of Knowledge
Last week, Pope Francis addressed professors and students at the Vatican Observatory (Thanks to Gaudete Theology for the reference). It is an excellent read on the symbiotic relationship between science and faith in their mutual pursuit of truth. You can read … Continue reading
Pontifical Academy of Sciences Conference on Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences recently hosted a joint conference titled “Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility“. The importance of this conference was highlighted by the appearance of Pope Francis. I hope … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Revkin, Anthropocene, Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Catholic, Christian, climate change, environment, global warming, New York Times, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Pope Francis, Rome, science, sustainability, teilhard de chardin, Vatican
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Why Theistic Evolution is Redundant
This week Stacy Trasancos, one of my favorite bloggers on the intersection of faith and science, had a good comment on the term “theistic evolution”. Dr. Trasancos says the term is redundant and unhelpful: The term “theistic evolution” is used … Continue reading
The Road to Superintelligence?
Cadell Last had an article this week in the Huffington Post that talks about the scientific evolution of humanity with Artificial Intelligence with citations to Teilhard de Chardin. I do not have any great thoughts on the article but it … Continue reading
Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (December 16, 2013): God Loves Us as We Are
“I feel that you must resign yourself to taking me as I am, that is, with the congenital quality which ever since my childhood has caused my spiritual life to be completely dominated by a sort of profound ‘feeling’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Ignatian, Jesuit, peace, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Rome, science, teilhard, teilhard de chardin, Vatican
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Quantum Physics, Relationality and the Triune God
One of the great contributions that Teilhard de Chardin made to Christian theology is his reconciliation of traditional Christian theology with evolutionary biology. Science has continued to advance. Discoveries in the past 100 years, from the Big Bang to particle … Continue reading
Posted in Reason and Faith
Tagged Big Bang, Catholic, Christian, evolution, faith and reason, Faith and Science, Genesis, George Farahat, John Polkinghorne, particle physics, quantum physics, quantum theology, reason and faith, science, science and faith, teilhard de chardin, theology, trinity, Triune God
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Quote of the Week About Teilhard de Chardin (Brilliant but Obtuse)
The following was taken from the Teilhard de Chardin Facebook page. I laughed when I read it and thought I would share it here: “Teilhard’s combination of divine and evolution, instead of divine single-step complete creation and instead of blind evolution, … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, Faith and Science, Hank Haarmann, science, science and faith, teilhard de chardin
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Feast of St. Albert the Great (November 15): Patron Saint of Scientists
Today is the Feast of St. Albert the Great who, along with St. Dominic, are the patron Saints of scientists. In honor of this Feast Day, I am going to restate much of what I wrote on August on the Feast Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaise Pascal, Catholic Saints, Catholic scientists, Doctor of the Church, Doctors of the Church, faith and reason, Faith and Science, Francis Collins, George Lemaitre, Gregor Mendel, Johannes Kepler, John Polkinghorne, Michael Faraday, Nicolaus Copernicus, reason, reason and faith, Robert Boyle, science, science and faith, St. Albert, St. Albert the Great, St. Dominic, teilhard de chardin
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Continuing Education in Faith and Science: From Big Bang to Dark Energy
I am not a scientist. However, as a Christian I have an interest in science for several reasons. First, I am fascinated in the discoveries that science can tell us about our physical universe and ultimately about God the Creator … Continue reading
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