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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.9 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part IV: Tombs

For eras, humans have created monuments and reliquaries as links with the afterlife. Their efforts attest to an understanding about the soul’s immortality.
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Dr. Raychel Namiotka4 min read

Ensoulment, Art, and Extraterrestrials

If we met extraterrestrial creatures with the biological capacity to have rational thought, art would tell us if they were ensouled by God.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.7 min read

Extraterrestrial Life Part I: Chemical Evolution

What kind of chemistry does life, as we know it, require in order to exist?
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.10 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part III: Transformation Through Dress

Throughout human history, artisans have created similar objects in response to their cultures’ religious impulses—including dress.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.7 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part V: Idols

Our ancestors' agreement about the spiritual world with the use of idols, globally, can also infer the existence of an immortal soul.
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Magis Center1 min read

Fr. Spitzer to Offer Course on Faith and Science at New Online Academy

Parousia Academy announces the launch of its online academy where Fr. Spitzer will be offering a course on Faith and Science.
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Magis Center< 1 min read

Why Trust the Catholic Church (in Good Times and in Bad)?

From EWTN's Father Spitzer's Universe, Father receives the question, how can I regain my trust in the Catholic Church in light of recent scandals?
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John Clark6 min read

Maybe I’m The Problem

When the St. Catherine of Siena looked for answers as to why such suffering was occurring in the world, she pointed to an unlikely source: herself.
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Magis Center1 min read

Fr. Spitzer to Speak at the 45th Annual Summer Scripture Conference

The University of St. Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary will host the 45th Annual Summer Scripture Conference, and Fr. Spitzer is among the speakers.
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Purposeful Universe1 min read

Dr. Michio Kaku – Goldilocks Theory [VIDEO]

Dr. Michio Kaku discusses the Goldilocks Theory and many conditions in the universe that must be just right to make for life and intelligent beings.
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Bill Schmitt7 min read

Jordan Peterson Returns, and We See Ourselves

I feel duty-bound to bring the good news that a spiritually enriching drama is now playing on You Tube: the return of Jordan B. Peterson, Ph.D.
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Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.9 min read

Human vs. Animal Intelligence Through the Lens of Linguistic Abilities

There has been considerable speculation about higher primates having similar intellectual and linguistic capabilities to humans. Is this true?
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