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Category Archives: Books
Book Review: The Human Instinct by Kenneth R. Miller
I have written previously on several occasions (see here for an example) about the influence that Professor Kenneth R. Miller’s splendid book “Finding Darwin’s God” had on me. Miller, a believing Catholic, very persuasively tackled a series of common objections … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science & Evolution
Tagged consciousness, evolution, free will, kenneth miller, sam harris, the human instinct
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Book Review: The Qur’an – A Historical-Critical Introduction by Nicolai Sinai
I first read the Qur’an in English translation at the age of 18 during the summer break following my ‘A’ level exams and the start of university. Up until then I had largely only read the Qur’an in Arabic – … Continue reading
Book Review: The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
The year 2006 saw the publication of two very different books about the God hypothesis: the evolutionary zoologist and prominent atheist, Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion and the physician-geneticist Francis Collins’ The Language of God. Collins is best known … Continue reading
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Tagged francis collins, richard dawkins, science and god, the language of god
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Book Review: Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
It still shocks. Bringing to mind Donald Trump’s victory over all the other Republican candidates and his triumph over Hillary Clinton in the Nov 2016 United States presidential election still causes otherwise normal happy beings to sink their heads into their hands and begin to … Continue reading
Book Review: The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark
Published in 1996 – the year of his all-too-early death due to cancer – The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark, will inevitably be seen as Carl Sagan’s departing words urging the world to challenge superstition and … Continue reading
The Catholic Church’s Persecution of Galileo and the Modern Muslim Inquisition
One of my most treasured books is Jacob Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man – based on his magnificent and authoritative BBC series from 1973. The book is about the development of humankind and particularly our scientific culture. I do my best … Continue reading
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Tagged galileo, islam and science, jacob bronowski, the ascent of man
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Book Review: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
“History does not repeat, but it does instruct,” says Timothy Snyder, at the very beginning of his latest book “On Tyranny”. Snyder, a Professor of History at Yale University, wrote a Facebook post back in November 2016 following the election … Continue reading
