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Rich Mullins, Asymptotic Catholic

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Rich Mullins’ songs are some of the most recognizable and enduring tunes in contemporary Christian music”a genre heavily influenced by and almost exclusively marketed to Evangelicals. Still, even Catholics and mainline Protestants recognize the refrain of his best-known hit, “Awesome God” … Continue Reading »

The Philosophy of Medicine Reborn

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Where is the profession of medicine going? Has it become simply applied biology, another “job” among equally good ways of earning a living? What kind of person should the physician be? What about bioethics? Is patient autonomy the only viable moral absolute? Oh, and¯who is Dr. Edmund . . . . Continue Reading »