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amoral, atheism, empire, religion, sharon-welch
Is religion amoral?
07.02.07 | Permalink | 9 CommentsBack to Sharon Welch in After Empire. An atheist, she writes: What, then, is the religious? This is the name we give to those encounters and energies that are constitutive but amoral, those encounters that are vivid, compelling, and meaningful, but fragile. (Page 30.) I’m still chewing on that.
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atheism, christopher-hitchens, new-atheists, richard-dawkins, santa-claus
Santa Claus and the New Atheists™
06.28.07 | Permalink | 14 CommentsI’ve been thinking lately about the New Atheists™—the Christopher Hitchenses and Richard Dawkinses, with their best selling books and talk show appearances. I’ve been asking myself: Why is this New Atheism™ so important to them? The god they don’t believe in is a Tooth Fairy god, a Santa Claus god, a god of the gaps. […]
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atheism, consumerism, daniel-dennett, dating, jim-wallis, progressive-christianity, richard-dawkins
Scribe Jamboree: 11/17/2006
Some groovy posts from the good folks at The Daily Scribe: Blogickal is back after some star-crossed blog difficulties. Musings points out the rapid growth of the progressive Christian community and asks for hands for the harvest. Jspot wants to know if progressive Christian leader Jim Wallis had declared war on the secular left. Atheist […]
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