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Home: Core Subjects: Apologetics: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Apologetics: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Does Prayer Work? - Mark EarleyThe headlines seemed almost triumphal in tone. “Prayer Doesn’t Aid Recovery, Study Finds.” That was the Washington Post. “Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer.” That was the New York Times. Read more... Does the Catholic Church Hate Women? - Christopher KaczorThe Catholic Church is subjected to a great deal of suspicion, if not outright scorn, when it comes to its treatment of women. Does the Church treat women as "second class"? Read more... Don't Impose Your Morality on Me! - Edward P. SriWhen teaching about virtues and the moral life, I often think of a discussion I had with a college friend. Read more... Don't Just Keep the Faith, Spread It - ZenitFather C.J. McCloskey shares evangelization tips. Read more... Drawn to the Light - Charles ColsonWhy Muslims convert to Christianity. Read more... Effing the Ineffable - Roger ScrutonHow do we express what cannot be said? Read more... Epiphany - Matthew ParrisNow a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. Read more... Evangelizing in a ‘Post Pagan’ Culture - Father Anthony MastroeniWe need to have some of that sense of urgency of St Paul who said, “Woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel.” The aim is not simply to win arguments, but to win hearts. The best way to conquer your “enemy” is to make him your friend. Read more... Even Atheists Can See Good Things in Christianity - Donald DeMarcoFor several years now, Catholicism has been under severe attack by a wide assortment of groups and for a wide variety of reasons. Read more... Faith - PETER KREEFTFaith, hope, and charity are, quite simply, the three greatest things in the world; the three legs of a single tripod that supports the whole Christian life. Read more... Faith and Reason - Peter KreeftThis chapter asks the basic question, is it worth while even discussing religion. Does talking about religion get us anywhere. Written as a series of dialogues between a Christian and sincere non-Christian, "Yes and No" is Peter Kreeft's answer to so many religion texts which leave students thinking of religion as little more than a dull and boring rehash of things everyone already knows. Read more... Faith, hype and a lack of clarity - Keith WardScience and religion are in absolute conflict, according to Richard Dawkins, Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Furthermore, in The Root of All Evil?, a two-part TV series this month, he has made the extraordinary claim that religion might be the root of all evil. Read more... Freedom and Suffering - Donald DeMarcoThe most common objection to God’s existence is the presence of human suffering. How can there be a God when there is so much suffering in the world? This searing question is reiterated endlessly. Yet, it is an objection that has no legs at all on which to stand. Read more... Freedom is Scary - Mark SheaYou know the drill: The Church is a prison that shackles the hearts and minds of people who yearn for the freedom to think and act as they please. Read more... Freewill and Predestination - Peter KreeftIf God is not love but only knowledge, then it is difficult or impossible to see how human free will and divine predestination can both be true. But if God is love, there is a way. Read more... Friendship: The Key to the Evangelization of Men - Father C. John McCloskey, IIINot too long after a glorious liturgical event in St. Peter's Square, I went out to lunch in the Piazza Navona with several American couples. Read more... From Jewish Passover to Christian Eucharist: The Story of the Todah - Tim GrayScholars have often wondered how the practice of Christian Eucharist could have arisen from the Lord’s Supper, which occurred in the context of the Jewish Passover. Since Passover occurs only once a year, how is it that the Christians got the notion that they could celebrate Jesus’ sacrificial meal weekly, if not daily? Read more... From Utah with Love - Steve CliffordI am often asked what caused me to open myself to the Catholic Church and leave Mormonism. Another question I am frequently asked is how to go about speaking to Mormons. What will help to open their eyes to the truth? Read more... Fundamentalists - PETER KREEFTTo halt this “soul drain,” to answer the fundamentalist challenge and, most of all, to understand our faith better, Peter Kreeft looks at five major points of conflict... Read more... Getting Our Stories Straight - Scott HahnIn Lord, Have Mercy, Scott Hahn explores the sacrament of reconciliation and shows why it is the key to spiritual growth, particularly in these times of intense anxiety and uncertainty. Read more... Gimme That Ol' Time Religion - Benjamin WikerThe creators of the animated series South Park are treating audiences to another satire of religion, a Broadway musical comedy called "The Book of Mormon" which they describe as "an atheist's love letter to religion." David Brooks in the New York Times, pinpoints why this love letter gets it all wrong. Read more... God and Evolution - Avery Cardinal DullesDuring the second half of the nineteenth century, it became common to speak of a war between science and religion. Read more... God is for grown-ups - Fr. Raymond J. de SouzaOne can be ignored. Two need to be noted. Three demand a response. In the last few weeks there have been several attacks on religion and all its pomp and works. Read more... God vs. Science Isn't the Issue - William McGurnWhen the poet Matthew Arnold wrote of faith's "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar," the thought was that scientific inquiry had forever undermined claims to certitude. In hindsight we see Arnold was only half right. Read more... God, the Hound of Heaven - David Scott‘Everything comes from love,’ St. Catherine of Siena reminds us. This is the great paradox of our Father’s love. In a world filled with evil and innocent suffering, how can we believe in God’s love? These questions gnawed away at Eugene O’Neill. ‘His whole life’ was consumed with ‘the problem of evil and God’s permissive will,’ Dorothy Day said. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon Feb 06 2012 - 23:17:41
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