“About one-third of the human brain is devoted to vision,” writes neuroscientist David Eagleman in his bestselling book on the brain Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. So when a blind person stops receiving visual input from their eyes, their brain-power can be reprogrammed to receive it in another way. Visual-tactile substitution glasses can take… [Read more…]
February 8, 2011
Heaven Is for Real seeks to prove that element of our faith that is farthest from empirical proof.
August 28, 2010
The Englewood Review of Books has just published a review of The Art of Dying. Jasmine Wilson writes: I once had a philosophy professor who started her Aquinas class on the virtues and vices by having her students write their own eulogy. Her purpose in this exercise is both to introduce students to thinking critically… [Read more…]
August 13, 2010
The Baptist Bulletin–where my wife has actually published(!)–just published a review of The Art of Dying. I have to say that I’m flattered by another, quite positive, examination of the book. The reviewer says:
July 6, 2010
Three bloggers are the first to review the Art of Dying. They’re all incredibly positive reviews, and I’m honored and thrilled to see what people are saying about the book. Have a look! lukefourteenthirtythree writes: As someone who reads a lot (and I mean a lot), in the midst of the bad and average books… [Read more…]
February 10, 2010
As Christians join the rest of the country in jousting over the proposed changes to our health care system, one significant fact should inform the Christian debate: modern health care is a Christian invention. The reasons Christians developed the world’s first health care system—as opposed to simply medical practitioners—are as relevant today as they were… [Read more…]
January 20, 2010
New England’s Puritan settlers brought with them two ideas that have driven American society ever since: Calvinism and capitalism. From Calvinism’s birth in 16th-century Switzerland, its descendants, including the Puritans, developed ever more rigorous arguments for individual liberty, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and the freedom to associate and to enter into contracts.… [Read more…]
December 30, 2011
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