April 14th, 2009

Text Ticker: Faith, Proof and Relics

Peter Manseau, co-founder of KtB, has a piece in last week’s Wall Street Journal about relics, a reflection on faith, evidence, and reason.

The Shroud of Turin underscores an essential aspect of religion. Believers suspend their rational processes and undertake an act of faith. Yet the power of holy relics is that they offer the tantalizing possibility of concrete proof of that belief, setting up a battle between reason and devotion.

Read an excerpt from the book over at KtB.

via The Shroud of Turin: Faith, Proof and Relics – WSJ.com.

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