A post from this blog on Habermas and Ratzinger has been linked to an article by Dorin Tudoran of Vox Publica, a Rumanian blog with 10, 000 daily visits. I do not read Rumanian, but from what I can tell from the Google translate version, Tudoran’s article is serious and balanced. He explains the history of […]
Tag: reason
Nature, Morality and the USA
Three days ago Pope Benedict XVI met with US Bishops in their ad limina visit to the Holy See, and addressed the challenges he foresees in the US front. One of the central themes was the attack on morality, and he said the following: With her long tradition of respect for the right relationship between […]
Earth Day and Easter: Faith in God begins with Creation
I don’t think Pope Benedict XVI intended it this way, but in his Easter Homily he certainly made great connections between Creation and the central mysteries of the Christian Faith. It may have been a mere coincidence that earth day and the Easter Triduum coincided this year, but the message was clear: “FAITH IN GOD BEGINS […]
Ratzinger and Habermas… again
In the most recent publication by Pope Benedict XVI, which is actually a collection of interviews by Peter Seewald called Light of the World, German philosopher Jurgen Habermas is mentioned once again. The context is the question about the relevance of faith to modern life, an issue which both Ratzinger and Habermas have been and are engaging […]
Reason, Freedom and God: What is happening in Egypt?
Right now, in Egypt, these are all words that emerge in the debate. Freedom and democracy, God and his will, reason to navigate the situation. The world watches the perceived (I do not know enough Middle Eastern politics to know this is true) linchpin of stability between the West and radical Islam, Egypt, as the […]
Habermas, Ratzinger and the Kantian divide
Over the last week I have been struggling to understand the basic architecture of German philosopher Jurgen Habermas, perhaps the most famous philosopher of his generation. While by no means do I claim a organic understanding of his work, but Summary Jurgen Habermas which summarizes his position and approach to modernity, via reason and rationalization, […]