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- A few more accessible, fully illustrated, scholar-written resources on faith and science!
- Christian foundations of science and technology innovation, part VII (final)
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- Christian foundations of science and technology innovation, part IV
- Christian foundations of science and technology innovation, part III
- Christian foundations of science and technology innovation, part II
- Christian foundations of science and technology innovation, part I
- Our earthly jobs, in light of the doctrines of creation and incarnation, pt. IV (conclusion)
- For the professors: are we at the “faith (spirituality) and work moment” in academe?
- Things Medieval – a podcast conversation with Dr. Grace Hamman
- Our earthly jobs, in light of the doctrines of creation and incarnation, pt. III
- Our earthly jobs, in light of the doctrines of creation and incarnation, pt. II
- Our earthly jobs, in light of the doctrines of creation and incarnation, pt. I
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- Christian humanism as foundation for the faith and work conversation, part IV (final part)
- Christian humanism as foundation for the faith and work conversation, part III
- Christian humanism as foundation for the faith and work conversation, part II
- Worth reading: Christian humanist/medieval “retrievalist” Remi Brague
- Christian humanism as foundation for the faith and work conversation
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Francis of Assisi--part of an altarpiece by Bartolomeo Vivarini, in the Brooklyn Museum
From a mid-15th-century Dutch prayerbook: Saint James the Great; Saint Joseph; Saint Ghislain, abbot of St Ghislain, near Mons; Saint Eligius; Saint Ermes (Hermes)
Gregory the Great and St. Mamertinus, from a 14th-century French translation of Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda aurea
Cologne Cathedral
The clocktower of the Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles church in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (Val-d'Oise), France
Masaccio, Crucifixion, 1426 (Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte); the blonde figure is Mary Magdalen
Door of Tewkesbury Abbey cloister
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians
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