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Above: Engelhartszell ( Upper Austria ). Engelszell monastery church ( 1754-64 ) – Rococo pulpit by Johann Georg Üblhör: Abat-voix with sculpture group showing Saint Bernard of Clairvaux vanquishing the philosopher Peter Abelard. Traditional Perspectives on Philosophy – pt. 1: Voluntarism Imagine it’s a Saturday afternoon, and you’re sitting lazily on a couch in your…

“On the mountain, the Lord will see.” Thus did Abraham, in the book of Genesis, name the mountain where God tested him by ordering him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. The Bible is full of stories where prophets and holy men encounter God “in the wilderness,” in deserted places where no one lives. Moses,…

Tolerance is for persons. It does not apply to principles. When the Supreme Court overturned its infamous decision that invented a right for a woman to procure an elective abortion—one not necessitated by, for example, an emergency hysterectomy to remove a malignant cancer—many people said that it would not result in fewer abortions. I think…