Category: Faith & Science | Page 7 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 29, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, ancient Greece, atheism, Atheists: The Origin of the Species, Avebury, Bishop of Exeter, Book of Job, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Church Fathers, Corsica, Darwinism, Dennis Harding, False Messiah, Gregory the Great, hochvart, Hugh Trevor-Roper, James Henry Froude, John Aubrey, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kellow Chesney, Lisbon earthquake, London, Middle High German, New Testament, Nick Spencer, Old Testament, Origin of Species, Peace of Augsburg, Pentre Ifan, Poor Henry, practical atheists, Ring of Brodgar, secularization, Sir Leslie Stephen, Stonehenge, symmetry thesis, The Nemesis of Faith, The Victorian Underworld, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh, Voltaire}

“The Monster in the Sky”: Revisiting Atheism’s Creation Myth

_{Neil Thomas
January 29, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Faith & Science, History of Science

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The fact that Darwin’s evolutionary ideas could not be shown to be scientifically coherent remained for the uncritical a side issue. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
January 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Aquinas and Evolution, Aristotle, Catholic evolutionism, Catholic scientists, Catholicism and Evolution, Christianity, Congregation of the Index, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Darwinism, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, faith and science, First Things, Humani Generis, Kenneth W. Kemp, Knowledge and Evolution, neo-Platonism, Plato, Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius IX, Raffaello Caverni, St. George Jackson Mivart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stephen Barr, Steve Greene, Syllabus Errorum, The Origins of Catholic Evolutionism, Zoonomia}

Catholicism and Evolution: A Response to Stephen Barr

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
January 28, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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These publications are far from telling, in Barr’s words, “the full story of how the Church did react to the theory of evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, DNA, faith and science, Francis Crick, history of science, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Watson, Latin, physicists, pleasure, Presbyterians, Psalms, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theology}

Watch: Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, at the Doors of the Cavendish Lab

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science

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Even these atheist scientists recognized that beauty was a marker that pointed to truth in their field, in which they too could take pleasure. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, characters, divine design, foundational truths, history, intelligent design, logic, mind, Mr. Blue, reality, red doubter, science, smart blue one, technology, The God Proofs, YouTube videos}

New God Proofs Episode: Making Logic Adorable

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The series for young and old, with its two recurring characters (the smart blue one, the red doubter), develops three foundational truths. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, artists, atheism, Cavendish, Communism, continents, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, earth, exile, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, interviews, music, musical instrument, musicians, Peter Robinson, pianists, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge, Vermont}

Solzhenitsyn and the Demon of Evil: Peter Robinson, Ignat Solzhenitsyn in Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The demon of evil circles, sometimes uncloaked, other times cloaked in various guises, including the guise of faith. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, Scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba}

The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

_{Amanda Witt
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, appendix, atoms, C.S. Lewis, Creative Evolution, Darwinism, faith and science, George Wald, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Life-Force, Mere Christianity, mind, Mind and Cosmos, monotheism, morality, panpsychism, philosophers, religion, super-intellect, Thomas Nagel, universe, Wald-Nagelanity}

C. S. Lewis on “Creative Evolution,” or the “Life-Force”

_{Thomas E. Woodward
January 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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"The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chance, common sense, evolution, human brain, intelligent design, necessity, sophistication, superintellect, technology, The God Proofs, young people}

How Your Brain Points to Divine Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2026

Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Human technology in every form is outstripped in sophistication by the object we all carry around in our heads. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 16, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, faith and science, Hoover Institution, ideas, intelligent design, mathematical structure, mathematics, Peter Robinson, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Sergiu Klainerman, Stanford University, The Republic, Uncommon Knowledge, universe}

Math, Mystery, and the Mind of God: A Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
January 16, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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The discussion takes place against a stunning Alpine background, which is appropriate since the mysterious beauty of mathematics, is a theme. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ambivalence, Ann Gauger, biological complexity, biology, Charles Lyell, chemical evolution, common descent, Darwinian evolution, Duke of Argyll, evolution, First Things, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, human body, human life, infraction, Judaism, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Genesis of Species, origin of life, Richard Owen, Roman Catholic Church, Science and Culture Today, scientists, slovenliness, St. George Mivart, Stephen M. Barr, theology, universal common descent, vera causa}

Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the book review by Stephen Barr, I count 66 mentions of “evolution” and not one of “Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›