Concepts in Religious Thought Series

Why the film Heretic? Why Heretic Humanism?

Why the film Heretic? Why Heretic Humanism?

Sam has asked me to write a paragraph on this question because persons are troubled by horror. It is the same conventional reaction to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which is a film directed by Kenneth Branagh. Horror disturbs conventional thinking. To be a heretic is...

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The Challenge to AASR

The Challenge to AASR

Getting knocked back for a publication is not a concern, in and of itself, but the issue is how today’s academics are not yet understanding the emerging scholarship of cognition histories and cognition sociology.       Below is such a rejection letter....

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The Concept of the Level Playing Field

The Concept of the Level Playing Field

NDB. The Level Playing Field   Saturday, 3 August 2024   ONLINE APPLICATION   TO WHOM IT CONCERNS     Dear Friend,     Attached is the draft essay, “The Concept of the Level Playing Field.” I am the sole author and disclaim all...

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Draft SoFiA Position Statement (1 July 2024)

Draft SoFiA Position Statement (1 July 2024)

“SOFiA is a network of Australians interested in openly exploring issues of life and meaning through reason, philosophy, ethics, religion, science and the arts. We want to explore for ourselves what we can believe and how we can find meaning in our lives.”  ...

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Roots & Wings with Frank Furedi: The Homogeneous Trap

Roots & Wings with Frank Furedi: The Homogeneous Trap

Roots & Wings with Frank Furedi  makes claims of “dogmatic affirmation of diversity as a sacred value by an equally one-sided assertion of homogeneity”.  It is ‘culture-history warfare’ dribble. He has selectively used Garsten (2017) on the case of the French...

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2023-2025 NDB Book Project Priorities

2023-2025 NDB Book Project Priorities

In 2021, I set out my book research and writing priorities for the three years 2021-2023. I had started this strategy in 2018, when I set out my book research and writing priorities for the three years 2018-2020. The gap year of 2020 in book planning was a reset from...

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