Rev. Stanley L. Jaki

Stanley L. Jaki, OSB (1924, Győr, Hungary – 2009, Madrid) was a Hungarian Benedictine priest and Distinguished Professor of Physics at Seton Hall University, New Jersey since 1975. He was a leading thinker in the philosophy of science, theology, and on issues where the two disciplines meet and diverge.

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The Biblical Basis of Western Science

Science may be a refined form of common sense, but at times all-too refined. Some basic laws of science can, of course, be fully rendered in commonsense terms. One gives the full truth of the three laws of thermodynamics by saying that, first, you cannot win; second, you cannot break even; third, you cannot even … Read more

The Biblical Basis of Western Science

Science may be a refined form of common sense, but at times all-too refined. Some basic laws of science can, of course, be fully rendered in commonsense terms. One gives the full truth of the three laws of thermodynamics by saying that, first, you cannot win; second, you cannot break even; third, you cannot even … Read more

Angels, Brutes, and the Light of Faith

“We have more real knowledge about the Angels than about the brutes.” Such a statement, obscurantist at first look, would not be worth considering had it not been penned and preached by John Henry Newman. The statement is in fact his nutshell summary of the sermon, “The Invisible World,” which he preached in 1837, at … Read more

Normalcy As Terror: The Naturalization of AIDS

Stephen Jay Gould’s essay in the New York Times Magazine of April 19 is normal in the sense that it runs to about the same length as most of his widely read notes on evolution. Gould displays his mastery of saying an awful lot in a short space, in this case a single “magazine” page … Read more

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