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Theology of the Movie Gravity: Evolution, Death and Teilhard de Chardin

Posted on October 22, 2013 by William Ockham

Note: Spoiler Alert below for the movie Gravity Last weekend, I finally went to see the movie Gravity, one of the few times in the last ten years that I have seen a non-childrens’ movie in a theater. As I … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (October 21, 2013): Universe and Incarnation

Posted on October 21, 2013 by William Ockham

  “[I]t appears contradictory (to the nature of participated being) to imagine God creating an isolated thing. Only one being can exist in isolation: Ens a se (Being which exists only in itself). Everything which is not God is essentially … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (October 14, 2013): Reason and Miracles

Posted on October 14, 2013 by William Ockham

“God is knowable by human reason. And yet, the miracle is absolutely necessary, not only because it is needed in apologetics, but also for the joy it brings to our hearts: the heart cannot find complete rest in a God … Continue reading →

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Creeping Creationism in Latin America?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by William Ockham

“An important function of theology is that of keeping religion linked to reason, and reason, to religion. Both these functions are of essential importance to humanity. . . [T]here exist pathologies of religion and – not less dangerous – pathologies … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (October 7, 2013): Evolving Towards Unity

Posted on October 7, 2013 by William Ockham

“Since the pleroma is the kingdom of God in its completed form, the properties attributed to it by Scripture must be regarded as specially characteristic of the entire supernatural organism, even if they are to be found only in an … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (September 30, 2013): Unity in Diversity and Love

Posted on October 1, 2013 by William Ockham

“Christianity is pre-eminently a faith in the progressive unification of the world in God; it is essentially universalist, organic and ‘monist’. There is obviously some special quality in this ‘pan-Christic’ monism. Since, from the Christian point of view, the universe is … Continue reading →

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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: Discovery of Peking Man and Travels (1928-1940)

Posted on September 25, 2013 by William Ockham

I am gradually building out the “Life of Teilhard de Chardin” posts. It has taken longer than usual as work and family preclude me from spending more time on the blog. However, here is the latest installment: Discovery of Peking … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (September 23, 2013): Never Give Up

Posted on September 23, 2013 by William Ockham

“Never give up: try to attack it from another angle, the  correct angle—where success is in proportion not to the extension of the individual but to the constancy in the effort to make the world around God less harsh and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reflection, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 22, 2013): Eric Clapton and Surrendering to God

Posted on September 21, 2013 by William Ockham

“I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person’s life.  God is in everyone’s life…Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else—God is in this … Continue reading →

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The Higgs Boson and The Divine Milieu

Posted on September 19, 2013 by William Ockham

“In him we live and move and have our being.” — Acts 17:28, St. Paul speaking at the Areopagus “The consistency of matter that enables it to act so decisively on the human body requires the existence of a universal … Continue reading →

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