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.
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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 »
One solution to an age-old problem: Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him by sleeping with another man, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her
If your wife cheats on you — wisdom from the ancients Read More »
A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Should Christians be socialists, and was C.S. Lewis a socialist? // Mere Christianity‘s themes // Liberal-libertarian principles — free-market economics and property rights, competence to run your own life, self-responsibility, self-respect and dignity for all, universalism
Christian Socialism and C. S. Lewis [Open College series] Read More »
Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Is It Worth Arguing About Religion? By John Wright This is the first in a seven-part debate between Stephen Hicks and yours truly covering
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