Tag: theology
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The Anti-Theology of the Body
from futurisms.thenewatlantis.com: To ask what the legacy of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body might be for future debates in bioethics is implicitly to ask what relevance it has for current debates in bioethics. And this creates something of a problem, because there is a real sense in which it has none at all…
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Hasan Bin Sabbah and the Secret Order of Hashishins
from Disinfo.com: The story of Hasan bin Sabbah is a tale of sex, drugs, myth, and murder. A secluded mountain fortress, a paradisial garden, poison dipped daggers, and covert political maneuverings are the ingredients of this alchemical mixture, which is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing true stories ever told. Hasan bin Sabbah – businessman,…
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In Defence of Theology
from bernardokastrup.com: Theology has been the subject of much bashing by neo-atheists over the past several years. A fresh blog post by Jerry Coyne today seems to encapsulate the essence of their grievance: theology is claimed to be a discipline with no subject of study. Correctly defining theology as “the study or science which treats of God, His…
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Revealed: The Esoteric Interests of Sir Isaac Newton
He laid the foundations of classical physics and is considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time. But Sir Isaac Newton was also deeply interested in the occult and applied a scientific approach to the study of scripture and Jewish mysticism.