In my theology class this afternoon we discussed "Theology in a scientific and technological age". Is there any place for faith in an age of science?

Stephen Hawking apparently isn't so sure. In his book A Brief History of Time, he wrote the following:

I went out for supper with a good friend recently, and we had a very interesting (and quite extended) conversation about all things religious. I wish I had taken notes, because we covered a lot of ground. One part of our conversation that particularly grabbed me was the question "What is a Christian?", quickly followed by "What is a Catholic?"

I just attended a lecture this morning on the topic “How does a person with a mental illness get treatment and care within the system”. It was fascinating, and I must say I learned a great deal about how we handle these things here in Quebec.

I taught my course at Concordia University last night. The lecture was “Theology in a society of plenty”. We live in the wealthiest society human history has ever known. What does theology have to say about that?

Anyway, we got to discussing consumerism, and I proposed that there are some things that money just can’t buy. Money, for example, can’t buy love. The principle seemed self-evident to me, but the reaction from some of the students was laughter, and the comment that (in fact) money can buy love.