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Thomas Says: Killing Sinners

After his discussion of whether it’s a sin to kill plants or animals, Thomas discusses the question of whether it’s permissible to kill sinners.  Thomas says it is

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Thomas Says: Killing Plants and Animals

As a way of getting my blogging going, I thought I’d start a series of posts on some teachings of Thomas Aquinas.  I think this will be interesting (at

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Backyard Character

Hi everyone, remember me? After a couple of guest posts and many years of faithful reading, I've come to join the boys as a regular contributor here at

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On Giving Thanks and Saying Grace

On this day, many Americans will engage in the semi-religious rituals that compose "Thanksgiving."  We gather together in our communities, put on the appropriate costumes, and entertain

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Human Exceptionalism, John Calvin, and the Impulse to Worship

Modern evolutionary theory has brought the question of human exceptionalism back into our consciousness.  From a scientific standpoint, researchers have discovered startling similarities between humans and animals (though the dissimilarities

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Music and the Soul

We’re living in a time when there is a manifest crisis of worship in the church. It’s almost as if we’re in the midst of a rebellion

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Uneasy Bedfellows?: Natural Law and Protestant Theology

If there is one idea that comes up in every lecture at Acton University, it is a particular view of the human person mentioned in shorthand as “Christian anthropology.”  This

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Autonomy, Eternity, and Value

We are thus stuck between two unrealistic views of the autonomy of the individual. The first is that the self can be autonomous forever; the second is that only the

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A Midsummer Night's Dance: Love's Beauty and Roles

The Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream lifted a corner of the veil between plodding human beings and the world of fairies. The stage

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The Postmodern Soul(?) and Augustine

Peter Leithart has penned some brief thoughts on the history of the 'imago dei' in Western theology and its relationship to the postmodern notion that the 'self&

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Fasting for Strength

"Don't give into some illusion and lose your power, but even if you have, if you've lost all will and control, they come back when

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Towards an Incarnational Aesthetic

The Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part VI - Towards a Christian Aesthetic Now that this first principle of Christian aesthetics has