Category Archives: Religion

The Latest by the Philosopher/Maverick on Islam

0. As I indicated in “The Maverick and the Philosopher,” my post of January 4, 2015, my respect for the thinking of the philosopher, named Bill Vallicella, who writes for the blog, Maverick Philosopher, has as a counter-balance my despair over … Continue reading

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Durant, Burgess-Jackson, (Richard John Neuhaus,) and the Thesis That Religion is the Basis of Morality

The contingency of the future set aside, an explanation of my prolonged absence from posting will soon be forthcoming. In anticipation, however, of a return to active blogging, I want to ask a question occasioned by Keith Burgess-Jackson’s post, “Will Durant … Continue reading

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