Bruce Phillips

Movie Review: “The Most Reluctant Convert”

Movie Review: “The Most Reluctant Convert”

Thoughts on the New Film About C. S. Lewis’ Journey from Atheism to Christianity This is a movie that all Christians should see, whether or not they have a particular interest in C. S. Lewis. And there’s a fair chance that if they don’t have that interest “going in,”...

The Recent Gospel of John Controversy

The Recent Gospel of John Controversy

“Absence of Evidence is NOT Evidence of Absence” Through an online article in the Daily Beast entitled “Everyone’s Favorite Gospel is a Forgery,” Professor Candida Moss has recently brought attention to an academic paper by Professor Hugo Mendez of UNC-Chapel Hill,...

Ten Myths – and Ten Truths – About Atheism

Ten Myths – and Ten Truths – About Atheism

The following is a collection of informal responses to an op-ed piece published by the atheist advocate Sam Harris in the LA Times on December 24, 2006 tat was sent to me by a longtime friend with whom I had been out of touch for many years. When we reconnected, we...

Summer 2015 – Books & Culture: Mind and Cosmos

Summer 2015 – Books & Culture: Mind and Cosmos

Bruce Phillips critiques "Mind and Cosmos" by Thomas Nagel The modern materialistic theory of life fails completely to account for such fundamental realities as consciousness, intentionality, meaning and value. Thomas Nagel, an atheist professor of philosophy at NYU,...