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Tonight’s live lecture: The Best Argument for a God Read More »
My livestream The Religion Course — concludes this Wednesday at thinkspot. What is religion? Is it true? Is it good? If neither necessarily, is it useful? Does the meaning of life depend upon religion? For example, here are some candidates from major intellectuals: “The essence of religion consists in the feeling of absolute dependence.” (Theologian
Is religion a feeling of dependence? Read More »
My mini-course on religion — now running at thinkspot — wraps up on Wednesday evening at 7:30 Central Time. I will cover the major and varied moral and social dimensions of religions and conclude with my definition of religion. Our governing question for this three-lecture course is: What Is Religion? We set aside the questions
Third and final lecture in my “What Is Religion?” mini-course at thinkspot Read More »
In my The Religion Course with Stephen Hicks (now running at thinkspot), our first big question is: What Is Religion? We set aside the questions of whether religion is true, good, or useful and focus only on understanding the phenomenon. What do, say, the Abrahamic religions, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Wakan Tankaism, and traditional African religions
Seven Definitions of Religion Read More »
A Brief Guide to Religious Denominations in America (author unknown): A Baptist is a man who got saved. A Methodist is a Baptist who got shoes. A Congregationalist is a Methodist who moved to town. A Presbyterian is a Congregationalist who got rich. An Episcopalian is a Presbyterian who ran for public office. (First told
Religion in America — humorous demographics Read More »
Coming soon: The Religion Course: What is religion? Is it true? Is it good? If neither necessarily, is it useful? Does the meaning of life depend upon religion? A Livestream Lecture Series by Dr. Stephen Hicks. The first unit of the course will be a three-lecture series during February 2020 on defining the complex phenomenon that is religion.
The Religion Course: my livestream lecture series at thinkspot Read More »
Reminds me of past extended-family debates over whether Christmas is a legitimate Christian holiday: * One faction argued that we need to put the Christ back in Christmas. * Another faction argued that Christ never was properly in it so Christians should boycott. * A third, semi-pagan faction just got on with enjoying the good
Christians against Christmas Read More »
The quotation posted yesterday: “Nothing is easier than to give Christian asceticism a Socialist tinge. Has not Christianity declaimed against private property, against marriage, against the state? Has it not preached in the place of these, charity and poverty, celibacy and mortification of the flesh, monastic life and Mother Church? Christian Socialism is but the
Christian Socialism — source for quotation Read More »