Among the less-celebrated joys of living in the Great White North is the predictability of the yearly calendar. Humid lazy summers lull you into sipping white wine while enjoying long barbecues with friends. Likewise, the frigid, desolate, hibernating winters make you seek the pleasures of hot cocoa while curled up ...
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24th December 2012 Is Hannukka the Jewish “Christmas”?
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21st December 2012 Do They Know it’s Christmas in Connecticut?
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16th December 2012 Life is a Journey not a Destination…
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13th December 2012 Tolkien and Eucatastrophe: Towards Our True Port of Call
“Myth has always involved ways of telling stories that had special significance. Myths change history into significant history.” This is the power of literature: from birth to death, from damnation to salvation, our lives are full with meaningful stories. “Philosophy and literature, therefore, belong together. They can work like the ...
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12th December 2012 Faith or Brainwashing? Questioning Belief
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10th December 2012 Immortality: a Question of Reason and Faith
“Immortality! Take it! It’s yours!” These are the words pronounced by Achilles in the Iliad of Homer. The poem colourfully depicts the struggle of these men to attain immortality through glory in battle. Almost three thousand years later, a couple decides to be deep-freezed immediately after their death in order ...
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5th December 2012 A Church in transition: a challenge to leadership?
The divorce referendum and the reactions to the pastoral letter on IVF have clearly revealed unease within the leadership of the Maltese Church to adapt to changes in society. The Bishops were only reiterating Catholic teaching that is proclaimed the world over, so why did the message create so much ...
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2nd December 2012 Virtually Generous