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What happens when reason and faith are separated: An interview with Samuel Gregg

December 13, 2019 • by Caroline Roberts

What happens when reason and faith are separated: An interview with Samuel Gregg

In a new interview on his book, Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization, Samuel Gregg lays out how crucial the integration of reason and faith is to the West and what specific consequences result when reason and faith are separated from each other. Continue Reading...

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