David Brooks' "Itinerarium Mentis in Deum"
Almost fifty years ago, the renowned sociologist of religion, Peter Berger, wrote a short yet suggestive book, A Rumor of Angels.
Almost fifty years ago, the renowned sociologist of religion, Peter Berger, wrote a short yet suggestive book, A Rumor of Angels.
"Master," said the young man, "Your way of life is the noblest I've ever known, and when I hear your words about God I seem almost to touch the heavens."
Let's start with a couple of questions that are bound to be on the minds of people outside church circles.
Stephen Hawking was a great theoretical physicist and cosmologist, perhaps the most important since Einstein.
The recent spate of suicides by the rich and famous is a symptom of our growing sense of gloom.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, an Oxford-based scientist wrote a short and moving book examining the truths of the Christian faith in a "scientific way."
Even atheists acknowledge that the book that is most responsible for creating Western civilization is the Bible.