This lecture was given to UC Berkeley on February 8, 2021.
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Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P. is a Dominican friar, physicist, and philosopher. He joined the faculty of philosophy at the Angelicum in Rome in 2020, where he co-leads the Project for Science a ... Show More
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