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

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Easter and Empire

Let’s talk about Easter and Empire. More specifically, about the way the Easter story challenges the pretensions of Empire, exposing imperi...

Jesus' Temptations in the Wilderness

Reading the news recently has inspired me to reflect on the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, as recounted in Matthew 4: 1-11. I...

Friday, July 18, 2025

On the Fear of Becoming a Monster

As a kid, I loved monster movies (think Godzilla) and old-time horror (think Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee). They didn't scare me. ...

Things I Believe that Bear on this Political Moment

I believe in human decency. I believe that there is a moral obligation to be decent to other human beings, even when there is no legal one....

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...

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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, the science fiction novel, SO EDEN SANK TO GRIEF, and, most recently,TROUBLED PARADISE: LIMITED SALVATION AND THE PROBLEM OF HEAVENLY GRIEF.

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