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Tag Archive for ‘philosophy’
Personhood
This idea of “personhood” gets a lot of press. Some “grant personhood” to masses of cells in women’s bodies, claiming […]
Artificial Wisdom?
What’s your wisdom on this thought I’m sharing with my class on Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca?:
Twenty Years with Thoreau
Twenty years have passed since Wilderness Press published my little book of “meditations” in 2002: Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: […]
Ego de Lego
I’m aware of the fact some atheists, or former believers, are rather allergic to anything Jesus or Bible related. Yet, […]
Intersections
New Sprout for Spring! 46 short reflective essays: 1-Freethinking on Faith, Feathers & Flocks 2-Mountains to Sea, Crossing Lines 3-Jesus […]
Freethought Society Essay on Burroughs Published
Thanks to Margaret Downey, President of the Freethought Society in Pennsylvania, my essay on naturalistic philosopher John Burroughs is included […]
20 Books, 20 Years
This year, 2021, marks 20 years since I published my first book, Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple. With my […]
Religious Literacy?
Having taught intro classes in World Religions, and after years active in interfaith work, I thought I was fairly familiar […]
Book of Questions
My latest book, Was Jesus a Humanist?: and other Questionable Essays, is a collection of 25 short essays framed as […]
Thought for the Day
Baldwin dropped this line on my brain while reading a collection of his essays: “Not everything that is faced can […]
Graceful Atheist Interview
It was a real pleasure to speak with David Ames on his Graceful Atheist podcast. In some sense I think […]
Friendly Freethinker 