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

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Before You Talk About Baltimore...

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...read this open letter (especially if, like me, you're white): Dear white Facebook friends: I need you to respect what Black Ameri...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

"Delinking" Marriage from Procreation: Some Thoughts on Weasel Words

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I had a professor in graduate school who had a problem with "weasel words." By this, he meant words that are so imprecise that the...
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Monday, April 27, 2015

Chasing the Illusion of Closure: Capital Punishment and the Aurora Shootings

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I think most of us have felt it: hunger for the death of someone who's done something awful. The trial of James Holmes , who shot up a...
Monday, April 13, 2015

"F**k Your Breath": Mistakes in Law Enforcement

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The other day, another police shooting of a black man made headlines--this one in Tulsa, so it hit close to home. It was all captured on v...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Does Religious Freedom Entail the Freedom to Discriminate?

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Should the conservative Christian baker be allowed to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding? Should the government pass new laws expl...
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Friday, February 20, 2015

Religious Extremism: Critiquing a Facebook Meme

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There's a (new?) Facebook meme that's crossed my newsfeed recently, one which I think warrants some critical attention. It looks lik...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

AP History Under Fire: Text of a letter to my state legislators

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In case you haven't heard, the Oklahoma legislature is considering a bill--HB 1380--that would do away with AP History in Oklahoma . Rep...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Us and Them and Murder: Islamophobic Terrorism

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This morning I was greeted by two disturbing pieces of news. First, I read that a Muslim woman, dining at a TGI Friday's last week, foun...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

When You Blame Religion, What are You Blaming?

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In a recent Raw Story piece, " These are the 12 worst ideas religion has unleashed on the world ," Valerie Tarico comes up with a ...
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Monday, January 26, 2015

The Death of Chivalry? A Plea for Human Decency

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A few years ago my family and I were heading into a restaurant for lunch. I was herding the kids, trying to keep them from running into the ...
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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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