The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 28): The Renaissance…not quite what you probably assume
After a month, I am now getting back to my “Ways of the Worldviews” series. We now come to the Renaissance. All too often in most history books, the...
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A Little Bit of Old Testament Overview–Part 2 (Getting your bearings in the Old Testament Country)
In yesterday’s post, I gave “Part 1” to my explanation as to how understand the Old Testament story. Here is “Part 2.” If you want...
A Little Bit of Old Testament Overview (so you can begin to understand the big picture)
I think it is safe to say that, outside of a few famous Sunday School versions of a few Old Testament stories, a handful of Psalms, and a number of select Prove...
What do Fruit Flies Have to do with Eternity? (Still more celebratory excerpts regarding evolution and the Christian Faith)
Fruit Flies, Transformation, and Eternity Since I’m on the topic of fruit flies, let me make another point. Due to the short life span of fruit flies, scientist...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 27): The Cultural Influence of the High Catholic Age–Music, Literature, Art, Architecture (Yeah, it’s a pretty big deal!)
The High Catholic Age didn’t just give the world monasteries, advances in technology, universities, revolutions in philosophy, the foundation for the natural sc...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 26): Monks and Capitalism…Open For Business!
In this next to last post about the High Catholic Age (aka. “The Middle Ages”), I want to focus on something that may come as a surprise to most people—indeed I...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 25): Thomas Aquinas’ “Five Proofs” for the Existence of God
I want to note that what much of what is contained in this post was covered in a few previous posts I wrote in my series about Richard Dawkins. Still, for what ...
The Way of the Worldviews (Part 24): Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy, and the High Catholic Age
The ground-breaking achievement in philosophy during the High Catholic Age was the revival of the study of Aristotle. Throughout the Byzantine Age, Christian th...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 23): Philosophy and the Universities in the High Catholic Age
In my last post, I made it a point to show that one of the distinguishing features in the universities during the High Catholic Age was their fascination with a...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 22): Monasteries and Universities in the High Catholic Age
As we continue our overview of what has been traditionally called “The Middle Ages,” but what I have chosen to call “The High Catholic Age,” we now come to the ...