Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

Archives

--Year-- 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 --Month-- December November October September August July June May April March February January

May 2018

May 20, 2018

Ethical Society of NY Discussion with Adam and Massimo Pigliucci

Amazing evening last week on Thursday as Adam and I were hosted by the Ethical...

April 2018

April 29, 2018

Podcast with Randal Rauser

I had a great time with Adam in Edmonton. While we were there, we had...

April 02, 2018

Meta goes to Edmonton!

The Meta book tour begins this week in Canada, followed by New York in...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Tegmark and the Mathematical Universe

In his book Our Mathematical Universe, cosmologist Max Tegmark puts forward both a big question...

March 18, 2018

Intelligent Design as A/theological Blasphemy

Intelligent Design. Claiming it's atheological blasphemy is a cute play on words to describe an...

March 11, 2018

Book Review: Free Will

If determinism is true, is free will possible? Compatibilists say yes, incompatibilists say no. In...

February 2018

February 25, 2018

MLK Jr on a Christian Humanism

On the intersection of Christianity, humanism, and social justice, Martin Luther King Jr's Letter from a...

February 18, 2018

Davies On the Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

In Mind of God, agnostic physicist Paul Davies explores a number of deep questions, one...

February 12, 2018

From Evangelical to Progressive

I am happy to announce my recent relocation from the Evangelical channel to the Progressive...

February 04, 2018

Rosenberg on Reality

You have to admire philosopher Alex Rosenberg. His skepticism is piercing. In An Atheists Guide...

January 2018

January 28, 2018

On Romanus Cessario, Non Possumus, and Theological Marxism

To defend the Catholic Church's kidnapping of a six year old child is certainly a...

January 23, 2018

Rollins on the Existential Denial of the Resurrection

It's an interesting existential perspective, that "beliefs" are actually "becoming". In many cases, it makes sense...

January 15, 2018

We’re all Metaphysicians, Just Not all Truth Seekers

We’re all metaphysicians (on the ultimate nature of reality, how could we be anything but?),...

January 13, 2018

Meta on Kindle!

As a follow up to my book release announcement, I'm happy to announce that Meta...

January 10, 2018

Peterson on Truth and the Religious Meta Hero

I wrote earlier on different domains of truth, on MLK Jr's eloquence on science and religion, on methodological...

January 07, 2018

On Losing Freedom

I don't think anyone can imagine the feeling of losing their freedom, but for those...

January 02, 2018

Einstein on a Holy Curiosity

What is the mark of a "holy curiosity"? As Einstein described, it was a spirit of...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

On Faith and Reason

It's a fascinating topic, one touching on both ontology and epistemology. What is the nature...

December 27, 2017

Book Review: Man’s Search for Meaning

I was urged to read this book by my wife's friend. The title was somewhat...

December 21, 2017

On Methodological and Metaphysical Naturalism

We're all scientists and philosophers, to some degree. We're also all naturalists, at least in...

December 17, 2017

Meta is here!

I am proud to announce the release of my second book Meta: On God, the Big...

December 12, 2017

MLK Jr on Science and Religion

I've been thoroughly enjoying Strength to Love, a collection of Martin Luther King Junior's sermons....

December 08, 2017

A Picture of the Problem of Evil

A modern Psalm revealed in one of my favorites scenes: The quietness of God, the...

December 02, 2017

Peterson and Harris on the Logos

Jordan Peterson is deep. I came across a fascinating dialogue between him and Sam Harris...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

MLK Jr on Love and Illumination

Change is hard. Inertia has its own unrelenting staying power, perhaps no more apparent in...

November 24, 2017

Lincoln on Slavery

Lincoln is no doubt my favorite US President. One of my favorite quotes from him...

November 17, 2017

A Picture of Redemption in Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond is a powerful and moving film. One scene in particular, I vividly remember. The...

November 13, 2017

Jastrow on Science, Philosophy, and Theology

Robert Jastrow is one of my favorite agnostic authors on the big questions. As founding...

November 10, 2017

Schrödinger on Consciousness

I dig philosophy of mind. For those with an interest in metaphysics and the big...

November 06, 2017

Meta is Coming Soon

My written exchange (turned philosophical road show) with Adam Lee on the nonreligious channel has...

«
1
2
3
4
5
»