Tag: Atheism
Racial Justice Organizing: Religion of the “Nones”?
I circled the block, looking for a downtown parking spot on a busy weeknight. Everyone else was hurrying home from work, but I was heading out to attend a meeting of the Portland, Oregon chapter of S... Read More
Natural Theology from a Former Atheist: A Book Review of Anthony Flew’s “There is a God” Part II
Theological Analysis and Impact In part one of my book review of “There is a God” I argued that Flew’s theological deism is questionable, if not suspect. The theological impact of this b... Read More
Humanism, Race, and Why NonHumanists Should Care
I am a white, female, humanist writing today about what I have seen and heard about the racial climate in humanism (and its relatives: atheism, skepticism, freethought, etc.). “Racial climate” all... Read More
Natural Theology from a Former Atheist: A Book Review of Anthony Flew’s “There is a God” Part I
Just about any Christian who is at all familiar with apologetics has probably heard of the famous Socratic Club. Founded in 1941 at Oxford University, the Socratic Club was an open forum for debates b... Read More
Religious Literacy for a Fearful and Violent World
In February, I had the great pleasure of co-presenting a workshop at the DC Interfaith Leaders Summit with Amber Hacker, the Alumni Director for Interfaith Youth Core. In our workshop we encouraged at... Read More
How Do We Tolerate the Intolerant?
What do tolerant people do with the intolerant? We tolerate them. We ignore them. We insult them. We try to change them: By explaining. By demonstrating. By oppressin... Read More
Atheist Diversity: Don’t Define Me By What I’m Not
Atheists are having a big week in the news. Data analysts reported that the atheist subreddit is the third most toxic group on Reddit, coming in behind a men’s rights group and followers of a ra... Read More
Gestures Matter
I wrote this while I was out of the country away from internet, away from television, away from radio, away from news of any kind—while I was somewhat ill-informed about what was currently happening... Read More