'The word "God" does not function as a philosophical concept.... Even if one is tempted to say...that "God" is the religious name for being, still the word "God" says more: it presupposes the total context constituted by the whole space of gravitation of stories, prophecies, laws, hymns, and so forth. To understand the word "God" … Continue reading God after atheism – what the word ‘God’ fails to mean
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Post-Secular Artist? Nine Reflections on the Art of Patrick Heron
The last few years have seen a deep questioning of the central tenets of the theory of secularisation. Far from growing less religious, as the prophets of the post-war period supposed to be our destiny, the world has become more infused with religious attitudes than ever. It is now intellectually respectable, if not yet fully … Continue reading Post-Secular Artist? Nine Reflections on the Art of Patrick Heron
What have you ever learned by heart and was it worth it?
I came across a recent blog post lamenting the loss of rote learning of the Catechism in the Episcopalian Church. It seemed a fairly nostalgic piece but It got me thinking: how good was rote learning? What was the point? And so I made a quick mental list of the things I can remember remembering … Continue reading What have you ever learned by heart and was it worth it?
Would we be better off without religion?
I'm planning to attend a public debate on religion, organised by Intelligence Squared. The motion is 'We'd be better off without religion', and the speakers include Victor Stenger, who wrote God, the Failed Hypothesis - How Science Shows that God does not Exist. I checked this out recently. The blurb about Professor Stenger says: Stenger … Continue reading Would we be better off without religion?
Can atheism make a new type of religion possible?
The French philosopher Paul Ricoeur wrote: ‘Atheism is not limited in meaning to the mere negation and destruction of religion, but ...rather, it opens up the horizon for something else, for a type of faith that might be called ...a postreligious faith or a faith for a postreligious age. ...it looks back toward what it … Continue reading Can atheism make a new type of religion possible?
Four Cultures 