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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.6 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part VI: Icons

In arguably, one of the most spiritual cultures to exist, the worldwide use of icons implies a world searching for the unexplainable and high.
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Magis Center< 1 min read

Why "BET" on God? (Fr. Spitzer Explains Pascal's Wager)

From EWTN's Father Spitzer's Universe, Father takes on Pascal’s Wager.
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Magis Center1 min read

Healing the Culture: Webinar Lecture Series with Fr. Spitzer

A webinar series of lectures focusing on Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and Life Issues to be offered September 7th, 14th, 21st.
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Purposeful Universe< 1 min read

Order, Chance, and Design in Evolution

Does biological evolution depend on chance, order, or a combination of both? In this article, Dr. Kuebler explores: Why God and evolution are not mutually exclusive. What would have happened if the ...
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S., MSc.3 min read

Mountains, Mars, and Our Desire to Know

New analysis of data from the Mars rover, Curiosity, suggests a need to reconsider the processes leading to the formation of Mount Sharp.
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John Clark2 min read

Blasphemy Hurts Christians

Most Americans can tell you what blasphemy is. What they may not know is that blasphemy offends Christians. They may not know that it hurts Christians.
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Magis Center2 min read

A Reminder of the Opportunities in Suffering

With Christ, we can put our suffering to work for us and the world—and find opportunities to grow in virtue and to grow the church as a whole.
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Purposeful Universe< 1 min read

The Galactic Recipe for a Living Planet [Video]

Karin Öberg describes the conditions that make life possible and describes how scientists are trying to discover if life could exist on other planets.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.9 min read

The Ongoing Hunt for Dark Matter: A Conversation with Dr. Paolo Beltrame

Italian physicist, Dr. Paolo Beltrame spent 15 years on the hunt for dark matter, and this hunt led him to God.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.9 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part IV: Tombs

For eras, humans have created monuments and reliquaries as links with the afterlife. Their efforts attest to an understanding about the soul’s immortality.
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Dr. Raychel Namiotka4 min read

Ensoulment, Art, and Extraterrestrials

If we met extraterrestrial creatures with the biological capacity to have rational thought, art would tell us if they were ensouled by God.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.7 min read

Extraterrestrial Life Part I: Chemical Evolution

What kind of chemistry does life, as we know it, require in order to exist?
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