Category Archives: book writing

The New York Times weighed in on the circumcision war with a debate. So many interesting questions are engaged by this debate: Is circumcision a permanent intrusion of a parent’s decision upon the flesh of their male child? I would suggest … Continue reading →

This video is getting over a views a day. Why? When we look at our past self, we find it a mystery. How have I changed? What has changed me? Are the changes good? I’d love to be able to … Continue reading →

Lots of people wonder WHAT the soul is. Lots of people wonder WHERE the soul is when someone has died. Very few people wonder WHERE the soul is when someone is still alive. In my last post I suggested that … Continue reading →

Believing in Hard Spirituality As I mentioned in my previous post doubts in hard spirituality seems to be on the rise even if it will be an uphill climb for materialistic evolutionary psychology. While over the long haul I think it … Continue reading →

A couple of people have commented to me about my blog posts under “the self book” tag with some helpful comments. I’ll clarify something. I use the blog to work out language and ideas, organize and record quotations, brainstorm. What … Continue reading →

Christian Smith has done some interesting sociological research on religious beliefs of young adults. His books Souls in Transition and Soul Searching paint a picture of the religious assumptions of youth in American across the religious landscape. It was in Soul … Continue reading →

Towards a working definition of “Spiritual” or “Spirituality” I’m going to do a little series on this word in the pursuit of an intelligible metaphor for the spiritual within our skeptical, secular context. This is part one. “Spiritual” is one … Continue reading →