I could list all his scientific work, his writings on faith and science, his honors and degrees. But none of those are George.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: A travelogue on God, Darwin and the Galapagos Islands
Brian McLaren’s ‘The Galápagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey’ is both a travelogue and a spiritual memoir.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What a shocking medical experiment can teach us about Christ’s atonement
One who is blind from birth will always be blind. That is what my medical training teaches me. My faith, however, gives me hope for a different outcome.
Posted inFaith, Features
The shrink and the spiritual director: Freud and the Jesuits
Members of the Society of Jesus have been among the relatively few Catholic Christians with a discerning appreciation for Freud.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Brad Pitt’s spiritual journey in ‘Ad Astra’
God (or at least the talk of God) is a surprising element in James Gray’s new film.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
One teen’s quest to capture the stories of men who went to the moon
I wanted to know what it was really like to travel to the moon, but I realized that the only people who knew would not be around much longer.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Why the Big Bang isn’t what you think it is
The Big Bang is not a theory of the origins of the universe. In fact, we have no scientific theory of the origins of the universe.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Why are so many craters on the moon named after Jesuits?
“Throughout the history of the Society, the Jesuits have been key players in astronomy,” said Robert Macke, S.J., a specialist in meteorites who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome. Jesuit contributions to astronomy are significant enough that 34 craters on the moon and several asteroids are named after them.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How space exploration became a wake up call on climate change
We know of at least 4,000 planets outside our solar system, writes the astronomer Samantha Lawler, but we will not be visiting any of them soon—nor do we know if any are inhabitable. Exploring space teaches us the fragility of Earth.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Why do Catholic priests keep popping up in sci-fi?
Science fiction writers continue to turn to religious characters, imagery and ideas to sort things out.