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Category Archives: PHIL 525
It’s raining Freud and dogs
Just when we’ve finished up the Freud unit in the Nature of Religious Experience course. Headline from the Chronicle of Higher Education: Delusional Suspect in Community-College Stabbing Thought He Had Attacked Missouri Governor. The student who stabbed a community-college dean … Continue reading
Posted in Freud, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Theorists
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Colbert versus Erhman
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Posted in Erhman, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Scripture, Theorists
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Christian Science new truce with medicine
NY Times reports the church rethinks its opposition to members seeking medical treatment. [F]aced with dwindling membership and blows to their church’s reputation caused by its intransigence concerning medical treatment, even for children with grave illnesses, Christian Science leaders have … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, James, Medicine and Health, Prayer, Religious Belief, Theorists
Tagged Christian Science, healing, Mary Baker Eddy, medical treatment, prayer, William James
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The bullies of religion
The Times Online (UK) has a short item featuring Archbishop Rowan Williams on bullying people into belief: In a speech at Guildford cathedral, Dr Williams criticised those who believed they had all the answers and treated non-Christians as if their … Continue reading
Posted in Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Religious Pluarlism
Tagged bullies, religious pluralism, Rowan Williams
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Where’s Howard?
I’m on Twitter. One person I followed very early was Howard Rheingold. He’s an amazing guy. We had just a short email correspondence when I asked if I could use some of his social media tips for my PHIL 525 … Continue reading
Posted in Death and Immortality, Kierkegaard, Religion Blog
Tagged cancer, Howard Rheingold, Kierkegaard, Reed College
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When Sociologists Get Religion
As my students know, Durkheim, the “father of sociology”, had a great deal to say about religion. Some of it, from my point of view, helpful. Sherkat, a professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, no longer has … Continue reading
Posted in Durkheim, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Theorists
Tagged Darren Sherkat, Durkheim, Weber
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Religion and online games
I found this fascinating. Many years ago, for my PHIL 525 class, the Nature of Religious Experience, students selected topics and discussed how they thought it related to religious experience. Some made forum groups on Stephen King and the Nature … Continue reading
Minarets of Marseille
This in contrast to the recent Swiss ban on building any new minarets: The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will … Continue reading
Posted in Church and State, Islam, PHIL 525, Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Pluarlism
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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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Echoes of Schleiermacher
I receive monthly greetings from a Benedictine abbot, Abbot Philip. He’s the Abbot of Christ in the Desert in New Mexico. They were the site of a Discovery Channel show in 2006. I wrote and asked his permission to quote … Continue reading
Posted in PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Schleiermacher
Tagged Abbot Philip, Benedictines, Christ in the Desert
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