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Learning about the paranormal from a carton of eggs
Reblogged from Thoughts on Psychology: I'm sometimes asked how psychology might explain events that seem so strange that they suggest the existence of paranormal activity, for example when you're...
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Punching spiritual people in the face: my interview with David Webster
Reblogged from SLOTHROP: Dave Webster and I have been crawling toward a finished interview for months. He's the author of ‘Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality makes us Stupid, Selfish and...
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A toolkit for spotting prejudice
Reblogged from Another angry woman: Have you ever read something and thought, "that's prejudiced", but without the ability to put your finger on exactly how? There are speeches and writings and quotes...
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Spiritual But Not Religious (again)
Ok – I have said things on this topic again – but perhaps I might be clearer. I haven’t object to the term “Spiritual But Not Religious’ out of pique, or disrespect: but because I am not sure it makes...
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2011 Census – Religion Data available
The 2011 Religious Data from the Census is out.. See http://philosvids.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/2011-census-religion-data/ for a link… I am sure there is much more to say about it – The headline at the...
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Dispirited interview with Tricycle Magazine
Dispirited interview with Tricycle Magazine I know I am overdue to post about the SBNR issues with studies and mental health – and that’ll appear.. But till then – here’s an interview (entitled ‘The...
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Tapestry Interview, SOAS and more..
After a quiet-ish time of late – going back to work full-time has meant being really busy - Dispirited seems to have seen a sudden burst of activity.. Two weeks ago, I spoke to Gloucestershire...
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Spiritual But Not Religious – in the news…
I recently talked to some students about the term ‘Spiritual But Not Religious ‘ and my notes may, or may not, be of interest.. They are below. You may notice that I take a much more measured tone than...
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A Sokal-style hoax by an anti-religious philosopher
Reblogged from Why Evolution Is True: I'm a big fan of Dr. Maarten Boudry, a Belgian philosopher who's a research fellow in the Department of Philosopy & Moral Sciences of Ghent University. Boudry...
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Is the promotion of mutual respect and tolerance incompatible with the faith...
Reblogged from IOE London blog: Jonny Scaramanga The Government has repeatedly affirmed its support for faith schools and parents’ right to pass on their religious beliefs. At the same time, standards...
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Judith Butler Explained with Cats
Reblogged from BINARYTHIS: Following hot on the heels of Foucault Explained with Hipsters, here's JB's Gender Trouble explained in Socratic dialogue style. With cats. All page references from Butler,...
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Self Designation: Spiritual? Religious? Neo-Religious? Åndelig?
Reblogged from Video Resources for Philosophy & Religion Students: New Age, Spiritual or Religious? Self-designations within the New Age Movement Knut MELVAER - Margrethe LØØV (University of...
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on mindfulness, muggles, & crying wolf
Reblogged from 108zenbooks: I try. Really, I do. This month has been bubbling with various posts on Eastern scholars decrying Western Mindfulness. It began with Ron Purser and David Loy's HuffPo...
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Is Mind-Body-Spirit (MBS) Spirituality Necessarily Individualistic?
Reblogged from Theoglos: Our colleague Dave Webster's latest book Dispirited (Winchester/Washington: Zero Books, 2012) argues, among other things, that the form of spirituality promoted by MBS...
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No, really, what does Christian theology want from philosophy?
Reblogged from An und für sich: Back in 2009 I asked the question, "what does (certain) contemporary Christian theology want from philosophy?" No one from among the "certain" Christian theologians...
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Life Extension and Fear of Death
So, I read this morning a piece on The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies website about ‘Life Extension’. The piece itself (Don’t Drag Me Along into Your Grave, Daniel Callahan) by Maria...
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Should a Buddhist Monastic hold Political Views: An Example from the...
Originally posted on Dr Paul Fuller: Buddhist Studies:In 1963 Thich Nhat Hanh coined the term Engaged Buddhism. This type of Buddhism asks certain question, for example, should the layman simply...
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Anger, and its risks
I’ve just had a piece go up at http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/04/anger-bad-for-health-has-uses From early comments maybe I should have been clearer that my goal was, by the end of...
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Talking to Knut Melvær about the term ‘Spirituality’
Originally posted on Philosophy & Religion Video Interviews:In this video, Dr David Webster asks Knut Melvær about the notion of Spirituality – and Knut gives us some of the historical context: ——-...
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“Eugene Park Was Right: Academic Philosophy Is Failing Its Cosmopolitan Values”
Originally posted on Feminist Philosophers:Bharath Vallabha has a post here about philosophical traditions, cosmopolitanism, and universality. “The power of philosophy is that, by raising abstract...
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