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November 2018

November 30, 2018

American Pluralism: Its Promises and Struggles

On November 1 – 7, 2018, more than 10,000 people from all over the world...

April 2018

April 03, 2018

Exploring the Bleeding Borders of the Secular and the Sacred

Julian Baggini, founding editor of The Philosopher's Magazine, asserts that a search for common ground between...

January 2018

January 12, 2018

The Muslims are coming! It’s ‘war’, warns South Dakota senator

Apparently, would-be Muslim refugees to the United States and mainly-Christian interfaith proponents already here are...

October 2017

October 21, 2017

Non-Religious and Religious Engagement: Common Ground & Where it Can Lead

This is a talk I delivered to the Yale Humanist Community of New Haven, Connecticut...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

The Science of Solving Alternative Facts

Caption: Image of CNN with quote from Kellyanne Conway saying “Spice gave alternative facts on...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

What Would Gandhi Do About Trump? High-Time For a Science Of Wisdom

Source: wikimedia commons/ Mahatma Ghandi close up potrait Written by Charles Cassidy MPhys, Director of...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

Fear and Anger Over the Ohio State Knife Attack

Source: Muteb Gz/Flickr I felt a stab of cold fear when I first learned about...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

4 Questions to Ask Before Wearing a Safety Pin

Caption: Image of safety pin with words superimposed “You are safe with me. I stand...

November 15, 2016

Applying The Scientific Method To Charity

Caption: Hands touching world (image credit) Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder and...

November 01, 2016

Life’s Most Incredible Events Explained (Just a Coincidence?)

Caption: Shocked Man (image credit) By Hunter Glenn _______________________________________________________________________ Roy Cleveland Sullivan was struck by...

July 2016

July 17, 2016

A Pastor Walks Into a Room Full of Atheists

This is a guest post by my friend and United Methodist Minister Rev. Caleb Pitkin....

July 17, 2016

Going Beyond Those Who Believe and Don’t Believe in God

Let's discover the bridges we've missed.

July 14, 2016

Revenge for the Orlando Shooting Spree!

Caption: Yelling man (Image credit) _______________________________________________________ The June 12 mass killings in Orlando was...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Civil Conversations in Divisive Times

Interfaith literacy is an understanding of how different people live their beliefs and values and...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

The Secular – Religious Dance

The understated humanist and atheist presence at the Parliament made the gathering poorer. It's time...

February 03, 2016

A Little Birdie Told Me to Do It

In my last post, I compared the behavior of a serially mendacious hospital chaplain, who...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Sustained Conversations Change Us

Slogans like "religion is evil," and "atheists are going to hell" still frame the discussion....

January 13, 2016

At Sea in the Gulf of Understanding

Living with Religion, is how my essay “Sympathy for the Devil-Believers” is labeled in the...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Rethinking our Relationship with the Cosmos

By Fr. Carl Chudy - Coalescing around Climate Change During our Thanksgiving weekend, our dialogue...

December 01, 2015

Riding the Backwards Bike: A Christian at Skepticon

Once Sandlin rewired his brain for the backwards bike, he couldn't ride a regular one....

November 2015

November 19, 2015

The Compassion of Secular and Religious Voices

Guest post by Fr. Carl Chudy - I travel in and out of different...

November 15, 2015

“No True Atheist”: Freethinking, Dogmatism, and Interfaith Dialogue

by Andrew Phelan I can’t tell you the relief I feel everyday when I wake...