Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism Confession

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism ConfessionFor many years, Wolfgang Smith has been putting forward an expansive vision of the traditional Christian cosmos alongside an incisive critique of the truncated perspective of contemporary scientism. In Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions he shows how the physical sciences, freed from prevailing misconceptions, actually corroborate the traditional wisdom long thought to be dead. Basing himself in part upon epistemological considerations first

gives a very succinct and very simple presentation of Don Bosco’s method of punishment

A marvel of clear

Teach your children about the real Santa (the one who was a bishop) and how to celebrate all twelve days of Christmas

Being "gently scolded" by Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Two nuns from a French convent arrive in a small New England town with a plan to build a children's hospital

de Wohl is not interested solely in the external details of Joan's life

and compassion

feasts and practices

Many students of Aristotle have come to see this commentary as indispensable to reading the text aright

and his baptismal name ÔÇ£KarolÔÇØ (meaning Charles) was given in memory of the late Emperor under whom his father had served as an officer in the Imperial army

Part 2: trawls

and allegiance to the Truth tucked within some of the most overlooked chapters of Catholic history