Current Reading

An amazing novel of "dystopian philosophical fiction:" Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. I'm about halfway through. If you make an effort to "translate" the other-world vocabulary, you can follow (or teach) much of the history of philosophy, especially philosophy of religion. It's about faith and reason, sacred and secular, clerical and lay, all turned inside-out, on a post-apocalyptic, suspiciously earth-like planet called "Arbre". In this journey epic, an intrepid fellowship navigates its way through a world that is not only physically hostile, but intellectually cannibalistic.

Wherever you go ...

... someone's preaching. Sometimes they know what they're doing; sometimes they don't. Should religion be left in the hands of amateurs?

See here: http://www.minyanville.com/articles/airlines-dis-alk-ckr-Alaska-TRLG/index/a/20267

Welcome.

This blog is for the Philosophy of Religion class.

Please be sure your seat belts are fastened and your tray tables are in their upright and locked position.