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February 2015

February 25, 2015

Teaching Your Children the Faith Doesn’t Mean Indoctrinating Them

Richard Dawkins himself cannot escape some religious instruction because he’s situated in a society formed...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

All Philosophy Is Contextual, So Every Philosopher Must Be Read in Context

However immaculate their logic, however focused they are on the pursuit of truth--philosophers reason in...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Deriving Morals, Laws, and Policy Ideas from the Bible

The conflict of interpretations is hardly unique to the Bible or to religion. People simply...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

A Progressive Understanding of Revelation and Religion

How a progressive approach to revelation and religious experience can help the church

November 14, 2014

Derrida, Heidegger, and the Bible Speak

Do Derrida, Heidegger, and the Bible say something similar about our relationship to language?

November 12, 2014

The Interpretation of Prophecy in Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’

Prophecy stories can be rather humdrum and contrived, but Miyazaki avoided the pitfalls of the...

November 04, 2014

Religion in Pop Culture Series

Starting tomorrow, I will be writing a weekly series on the representation of religion in...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Critical Dogmatism

The world informs the church's understanding of the faith and the faith illuminates its understanding...

October 10, 2014

The Ambiguities of Revelation

The integrity of our faith includes ambiguity. It's not a sign of some "dark and...