Previously I looked briefly at Dawkins’ refusal to debate Christian/religious apologist William Lane Craig. Craig is arguably America’s leading intellectual apologist and defender of religion, and I concluded that Dawkins’ […]
The tiny islands of Samoa was at a time home to an indigenous religion prior to the arrival of Christianity. Of the 200 000 population today, an overwhelming majority (98%) […]
Born into a Jewish family living in Cordoba, Spain, Moses Maimonides (or Moshe ben Maimon) (1135-1204 AD) had a substantial influence on both philosophical and Jewish theological thought. He […]
Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (c. 45 – c. 120 AD) was a Platonist philosopher who studied philosophy, rhetoric, and mathematics in Athens under the philosopher Ammonius. Plutarch traveled several […]
What follows is an observational account of my first-hand experience of the church and those within it. This series will be included under the ‘personal reflections’ section of this blog. […]
David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) was a theologian, philosopher, and pioneer in the development of study of the historical Jesus taking place in the course of the 19th century. The First […]
Carol P. Christ obtained her Ph.D. from Yale University, and is feminist theologian, historian, and scholar of religion. She blogs on feminism and religion, and is considered the foremother in […]
Karen McCarthy Brown (1942-2015) was a professor emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology at Drew University whose academic work has had an influence on several important fields of study such as […]
As we’ve seen on this site in recent months, the organization Black First Land First (BLF) has been controversial (which is to put it mildly). Some of the controversial statements […]
Friedrich Max Müller (1832-1930), born in Germany, was a Sanskritist by profession. During his career he edited a translation of the Rig Veda and taught comparative philology. Muller is a […]
