Bishop Barnes, Anglican Eugenicist
How could Bishop Barnes, a Cambridge mathematician, have gone so badly wrong?
How We Think
We cannot separate our thinking from our interactions with a community because thought isn’t merely analytical problem-solving.
Acts and Eugenics
Luke's book of the Acts of the Apostles teaches us what it means that "God shows no partiality."
Another Angle on Cradles
The question is whether we can learn to use religious language as a form of self-emptying, not self-justification.
Catholics and prayer in public schools
The conjunction of two recent articles on American Catholic history, specifically the history of prayer in schools, provides a timely warning for church involvement in politics.
Atheists at prayer for Christmas
Spencer Case: “Dear God, I have come to the conclusion you probably don’t exist, but I’ve also come to the conclusion that any one view I hold may turn out to be mistaken, however unlikely the odds seem.”
What kind of sycophant do you want me to be?
Fraud, including sycophancy, is endless: it corrosively renders all interactions questionable.
Bring on hip-hop Erasmus
As Peter Berger said, humor posits its “effervescent” reality against the “dense, heavy, compelling” reality of the present.