In a recent essay, I relayed that the analysis offered of its subject matter, the logic of the concept of God, was inspired by an exchange that I had with a friend and fellow Roman Catholic.  My friend had mentioned that her own search for Truth has led her to essentially reject some of the…

During a recent conversation with a friend, a fellow Roman Catholic who not only attends church regularly, but who often serves in Mass as both a reader and a Eucharistic minister, she revealed, to my surprise, that her quest for Truth has so far led her to put into question some of the most fundamental…

Recently, People magazine featured a piece on Professor Irshad Manji.  Manji, according to her Wikipedia entry, is an “author, educator, and advocate of a reformist interpretation of Islam” who currently resides in Canada. Professor Manji is rare among her kind (educators) in that she calls for her colleagues to teach their students to refrain from…

While those in the American media have long lamented the (alleged) post-9/11 rise in “Islamophobia,” they have ratcheted up the hysteria since the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency. That this template is Fake News is gotten readily enough when the histrionics over “Islamophobia” are seen against the backdrop of the global reality…

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