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Category Archives: Books
A unified study of suicide
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, a review on a new about the myths relating to suicide by Thomas Joiner: As its title announces, Myths About Suicide also seeks to debunk the myriad ways that suicide is stigmatized by ignorance, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Suicide
Tagged Myths About Suicide, Thomas Joiner
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The ripple effects of death
The Lake Shore Limited, a novel by Sue Miller, is about the ripple effects of a death on 9/11. Kukatani of the NY Times writes: The result is her most nuanced and unsentimental novel to date. This is a book that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500, Religion Blog
Tagged Sue Miller, The Lake Shore Limited
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Is African American Theology in Decline? – continued
Inspired by C. E. Moore‘s review of The Decline of African American Theology, I wrote this essay. I’ve posted just the first three pages below. A non-printable pdf of the essay is here. The Decline of African American Theology Pamela … Continue reading
Posted in African American, Books, Contemporary Theology, Religion Blog
Tagged C. E. Moore, Thabiti Anyabwile
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Is African American Theology in Decline?
Just read a great review over at the blog Christian Manifesto.com of The Decline of African American Theology. It hits many of the problems I have with most popular contemporary black theology. Of course, one person’s “decline” is another person’s … Continue reading
Excited about death
Ha! That grabbed your attention. What I’m excited about is how well the PHIL 500 Death, Dying, and Immortality class is going. (Sorry, non-SFSUers, it’s only available for those enrolled.)
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500
Tagged Death of Ivan Ilych, Tolstoy
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Richard Dreyfuss and Moses
I don’t know if I could possibly listen to this and focus on the text. Denzel Washington’s version was done in 2006. Haven’t listened to that either. And then there’s the classic with “himself“. Maybe I’m just a stickler for … Continue reading
Miep Gies dies at 100
There are few books that have had such a lasting impact as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Miep Gies helped protect Frank. She was the last remaining survivor. An amazing life. The NY Times obit was very … Continue reading
Where’s the gardener?
Anthony Gottlieb,writing in the online journal More Intelligent Life takes a look back at philosopher John Wisdom’s parable and an examination of the meaningfulness of statements about God. The parable went like this. “Two people return to their long neglected … Continue reading
Why church isn’t the same as faith
This isn’t a news flash, but I enjoy seeing issues we discuss in class echoed in the media. Andrew Sullivan posts this quote from Paul Zahl who’s discussing the work of Emil Brunner (d. 1966). A reflection by Brunner’s former … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Schleiermacher, Theologians, Theorists
Tagged Emil Brunner, Paul Zahl
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Anne Rice’s return
I’ve re-checked out from the library Anne rice’s Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession for probably the third time. This time I’m actually reading the book. I am not a fan of vampires so I “missed out” on the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Schleiermacher, Theorists
Tagged Anne Rice
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