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Monthly Archives: December 2008
The fall of the first republic?
I’m reading Sean Wilentz’s The Rise of American Democracy. I’m only about 1/4 of the way through, so on page 200 or so. I’m not surprised by the narrative so far, the rise of mass democratic populism and the fading … Continue reading
“Is it literally true, the Bible?” “You know, probably not.”
Do you think the self-imagined Republican “base” would mobilize against a candidate who talked that way? (via Althouse). (And, yes, I wish the reporter had pinned him down with “inerrantly” rather than “literally”. But still.)
Atheist, Agnostic
On the “atheist” vs. “agnostic” business, the old gadfly said as much as can be said, I think. From his Wikipedia entry: As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought … Continue reading
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“…the goal is to keep religious people from making public arguments that have any force”
Daniel Larison thinks it unreasonable to ask religious conservatives to put theology to one side when prescribing to the rest of us on public policy. John Cole has one response.
Mozi vs. the Confucians
From Wikipedia on the bête noire of the Confucians, Mozi: …Though Mozi did not believe that history necessarily progresses, as did Han Fei Zi, he shared the latter’s critique of fate (?, mìng). Mozi believed that people were capable of changing … Continue reading
Who prays more, Democrats or Republicans?
Heather’s post about Democratic prayers for the bailout made me wonder about differences between the parties. The photos in the article show a black church, so I was skeptical that Democrats prayed as much as Republicans overall. I looked at … Continue reading
Uh-oh. Democrats pray, too.
Union leaders hope that a Detroit bail-out gets a divine nudge .
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The Ancients
When a secularist attempts to create a distinction between “ethics” and “morality” in order to argue that the public sphere should focus on the former, religious people often become sneaky and try to point out that ethics are informed by … Continue reading
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Who reads the Secular Right?
This website has been around for a little over 2 weeks, and it’s already attracted a lot of attention. So I thought it might be fun to take the pulse of the readership with a few poll questions….