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, March 31, 2009

The Grandfield Project

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It’s interesting to consider what kinds of events are likely to awaken a town from its “dogmatic slumber,” forcing the citizens to reflect o...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Baby's Big Adventure

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I recently mentioned to my wife, Ty, that our new dog Max is kind of like Buddhist meditation on legs. When I said it, I was thinking about ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Misguided Desire to Stifle Dawkins

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This past Friday, Richard Dawkins came to Oklahoma and gave a talk at OU. I didn’t make it down. When I first heard of his impending visit I...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

An Open Letter to a Conservative Christian Blogger

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This post is a response to a conversation started on another blog, and takes the form of an open letter to the author of that blog. I was in...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Reflections on the Symbols of Faith: A Case Involving the Sikh Kirpan

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Last month, a former IRS revenue agent, Kawaljeet Kaur Tagore, sued the IRS for wrongful termination. The story caught my attention because ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A Case of Atheistic Fundamentalism?

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Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on my “book talk,” which I’ll be giving at various venues in which I’ve been invited to speak on t...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Reflections on the Argument from Design

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A number of readers of my book have asked me why I’m as dismissive of the argument from design as I seem to be. My best friend is among them...
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Friday, February 6, 2009

44 Mostly Dishonest Answers to Impertinent Questions

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For awhile now, there’s been this list of 44 questions going around on Facebook. The other day I decided to put up my answers on my Facebook...
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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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