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Letters

Australian letters

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

Beyond reason

Sir: As an avowed atheist Matthew Parris asks an eloquent and critical question in regard to the achievement of David Coltart: “what else can sustain hope in the face of insufficient reason for hope, save a stubborn faith in something beyond reason?”

Raimon Panikkar has explained why we need the Divine as a power that gives us a point of reference both transcendent and imminent.

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