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William Wordsworth
Image: William Wordsworth, by William Shuter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Apotheosis of William Wordsworth

What many responded to in Wordsworth’s evocations of Nature’s sacrality was his restoration of a partially obscured link between Nature and the divine. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor: Judeo-Christian Culture and the Rise of Modern Science

Dr. Egnor addresses the claim that the rise of atheism has somehow been a boon to science. Not so, Egnor says. Read More ›
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Image: Thomas Love Peacock, National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason

It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity. Read More ›
Zinc
Photo: Zinc, by Alchemist-hp (talk) (www.pse-mendelejew.de), FAL, via Wikimedia Commons.

Zinc and the Miracle of Man

Elemental zinc pulls together multiple themes that biologist Michael Denton writes about in his new book. Read More ›
The Miracle of Man
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Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Read More ›
Photo: Aurora Australis from the International Space Station, by NASA.

Cosmos, Chaos, and a Privileged Address in the Universe

What are we to make of this radical discontinuity between the Earth and the rest of the cosmos? Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Restoration of Story

Celebrating the growing evidence of intelligent design can help rescue the arts from the nihilism and ugliness they have descended into in many quarters. Read More ›
Michael-Denton
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Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Read More ›
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Weekend Reading: Heretics and Inquisitors

A heresy might be true or it might be false, but part of its attraction lies in offering a rallying cry against the smirk of the mighty. Read More ›
Astronomical Clock
Photo at the top: Prague astronomical clock, by Andrew Shiva, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal. Read More ›

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