And, according to this mindset, religion and science are mutually incompatible. Religion is the function of “belief.” Science, in glaring contrast, trades only in “facts.” Of course, as is readily ...

This was written on December 4, 2009, as one of a series of thoughts regarding the intersection of faith and reason in university life. I was reminded of the durability of this thought as we recently ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Faith & Reason Institute, the first Washington, D.C.-based think tank devoted to encouraging both of these essential elements of human existence. The ...

Whether or not God exists “is not just one question among others — it is the question,” says one author of a newly translated book about the interplay between science and faith. “It asks whether we ...

Travis Pelletier is not only a graduate student, but also the president of Ratio Christi, an apologetics club here at the University of Maine that examines the basis of Christianity. When asked about ...

One of the constantly bewildering aspects of living on planet Earth is the assumption that most human beings seem to make that faith (usually, but not necessarily, the religious variety) is a virtue.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News The Center for the Humanities at a leading university offers this simple and compelling definition of ...

Collaboration and compassion are two keys to a bishop’s role in a synod church, argues the Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight, the bishop of Jefferson City, Mo. The church’s teachings on just war place ...

How will St. John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the church on Nov. 1, be known? There is one title that seems to be repeated with some frequency: Doctor of Conscience. In a foreword ...

The key term of biblical psychology, particularly in the Old Testament where the fundamental principles are laid down, is the term heart. When contemporary Christians, often in evangelistic preaching, ...