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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
Reminder: We’ll be watching the film “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero” next week. Please check the course website for instructions about doing the argument analysis exercise on the Mavrodes/Fankfurt articles. PS: Bring your tissues. This one is a tearjerker.
Darwin, Lincoln, and racism
Although not entirely on the theme of religion, this, too, was in the NY Times today. It’s an article on Darwin and the abolitionist movement in Britain and the US. Darwin’s Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin’s … Continue reading
Design arguments and Darwin
While we won’t be examining the “intelligent design” (ID) argument(s) in detail, there certainly is lot of debate on the argument. This especially is true with respect to ID and education. This NY Times review of four books caught my … Continue reading
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The Virtues of Godlessness
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education takes a look at the connection between religious belief and non-belief in a society and that society’s well-being.
Posted in PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Writing
Tagged PHIL 500, Religious Belief, social well-being
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The history of disbelief
I caught the very tail end of a KQED PBS/BBC documentary on disbelief. Wonderful stuff! The main website is here. In this first ever television history of disbelief, Jonathan Miller goes on a 3-part journey exploring the origins of his … Continue reading
Welcome to PHIL 500
Hi! This is the home of PHIL 500 Philosophy of Religion for Spring 2009. More to come! Dashing to class!
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