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“All truth leads us to God”
(9 minute read) Ricardo Mendes Ribeiro is a professor of physics at the University of Minho in Portugal. In this interview he talks about the relationship between science and faith, the Big Bang theory, Galileo, and the recent Nobel Prize in physics.
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Easter ‘21: rising from the pandemic
Easter is one of those feasts which goes under several disguises. Chocolate-fest, spring break, holiday weekend … yet rarely is it recognised for what it is, namely the Christian feast which requires the ultimate leap of faith. For if truth be told, even a benign agnostic or distracted atheist could just about cope with the miraculous Jesus who cures the sick, walks on lakes or turns water into wine. But when it comes to rising, physically, to life after being dead and buried, well, that really is a leap of faith. Yet that is what 2.382 billion human beings or 31.11 per cent of the world’s population will be officially…
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Laïcité, Islam and the future of France
(9 minute read) Do French claims about religious neutrality stand up to scrutiny? asks Maddy Fry.
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Painting the soul
(9 minute read) Carolyn Morrison goes behind the canvas to discover the profound meaning in some of the world’s best-known paintings.
