The Piety That Lies Between: A Progressive Christian Perspective

"The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, or ever will contain. That is the native city to which we owe our love." --Simone Weil

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

A Plea: Do not Speak about the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict in Ways that Exacerbate It

Please, my friends, look for ways to speak out against injustice and horror that do not promote the us/them ideologies that lie behind so mu...

Friday, March 15, 2024

Some Thoughts on Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories

Since we're barreling headlong into a national election season, all of us are likely to hear a heightened number of conspiracy theories,...

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

So Eden Sank to Grief: Dubious Endorsement from Famous Philosophers!

My science fiction novel, So Eden Sank to Grief , is now available for purchase in both kindle and trade paperback formats. Check it out her...

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Philosophy, Fiction, and the Human Condition

For most of my adult life, I’ve been both a philosopher and fiction writer. Through both, I’ve tackled the deep questions that most engage m...

Saturday, February 10, 2024

So Eden Sank to Grief Excerpt: The Hiddenness of Our Hearts

The previous except from my forthcoming novel, So Eden Sank to Grief , touched on the hiddenness of God. But God is not the only thing that...

Thursday, January 25, 2024

So Eden Sank to Grief Excerpt: The Hiddenness of God

So Eden Sank to Grief releases in just over a month, on February 27. It's a science fiction adventure about a group of people who wake...

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Tidbits and Snippets from the forthcoming novel, So Eden Sank to Grief, Part 1

In anticipation of the release of my novel, So Eden Sank to Grief , on February 27, I thought I'd do a series of posts extracting some ...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

NEW BOOK! And this time it's fiction!

For those who've been wondering what I've been up to while I've been neglecting this blog, the answer is...quite a lot. In addi...

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Friday Night Lights and Public Education: A Reflection

I've come to love Friday Night Lights: cheering for my high school football team and (more important, since my daughter's in the ban...

Thursday, September 1, 2022

An Open Letter to Oklahoma Voters

Yesterday, Oklahoma State Secretary of Education Ryan Walters asked the Oklahoma State Board of Education to revoke the teaching license of ...

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About Me

Eric Reitan: Eric, an award-winning scholar and writer, teaches philosophy at Oklahoma State University. His first book, IS GOD A DELUSION? A REPLY TO RELIGION'S CULTURED DESPISERS, was named one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2009. His other books include GOD'S FINAL VICTORY (co-authored with John Kronen) and THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE CHRISTIAN LOVE ETHIC. His latest book is the science fiction novel, SO EDEN SANK TO GRIEF.

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