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Pooja Ahuja

Truth, Goodness, and Beauty: Exploring the transcendent through the immanent. - The Catholic Astronomer

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In my last post on God and creation, I ended by sharing three themes that emerge when we look at faith and science: Humility, Pilgrimage, and Fear of the Lord/Awe and Wonder.  In the weeks ahead, I want to flesh out these themes, exploring how they can deepen a healthy dialogue between faith and science. To begin with, I find an interesting parallel between the themes I mentioned earlier and the ascetical themes of truth, goodness, and beauty.  Drawn from the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, these themes have been reflected upon in numerous ways throughout the history of philosophy and theology.  In regard to modern theology, two figures, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs Von Balthasar, stand out in their treatment of these categories.  In both cases, Rahner and Balthasar affirm that these categories give us a glimpse into God who is the True, the Good, and the Beautiful.  Therefore, the exploration of these categories in the natural world are a type … Continue reading →

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