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Category: Concepts in Religious Thought Series
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As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus
As I Stand Mildly Crucified: Life of Jesus Abstract This essay presents a philosophical plea constructed through the “historical-critical” lens of David Strauss’ Life of Jesus, advocating for the professional employment of Dr. Neville Buch. It argues that just as Strauss sought to strip away the “mythical” layers of the New…
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A Land of a Million Dreams
https://www.academia.edu/161287455/A_Land_of_a_Million_Dreams Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Nick Cater’s critique of Australian migration represents a profound “category error” that substitutes a narrow “techné mindset” for a comprehensive understanding of human flourishing. By framing the presence of migrants as a threat to the “social fabric,” Cater relies on “passive nihilism” and…
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The Messaging of the Past Thinkers: In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work
This essay synthesizes the “messages” of the seminal thinkers identified in the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers (prior to 1983) and integrates their insights with the subsequent philosophical work of Dr. Neville Buch and his 21st-century contemporaries. https://www.academia.edu/150270892/The_Messaging_of_the_Past_Thinkers_In_Relation_to_Dr_Buchs_Work Attached: The Messaging of the Past Thinkers. In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work …
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Three “Women” Philosophers
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Dr. Neville Buch provides a powerful intellectual defence of human authorship and plurality in an era increasingly defined by the “technical abyss” and the erosion of truth. Arendt’s “how” of philosophy—rooted in passionate thinking, the vita activa, and a non-determinative theory…
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Active Nihilism and the Architecture of Human Legacy
Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract: On active nihilism. “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever,” (Isaiah 40:8) but as Bernard Williams points out the idea of a “Universal Word” has to be replaced by a deed, whether made profound or mundane, in our post-Christian state…
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MICE and SOFiA. Analysis of Big Belief and Big Doubt
MICE. Analysis of Big Belief and Big Doubt https://www.academia.edu/145798686/MICE_Analysis_of_Big_Belief_and_Big_Doubt Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) serves as a philosophical and structural intervention designed to correct systemic cognitive failures in modern governance and education. Rooted in the axiom that “understanding history is philosophy in practice,”…
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Why moralism does not work.
WHY MORALISM DOES NOT WORK Please Understand, for the sake of kindness. From Thomas Banchoff, Liberals and conservatives shy away from this core Catholic teaching, Cruelty is ravaging politics. What happened to mercy? The Washington Post. November 13, 2025 “Liberals and conservatives shy away from mercy…
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Neil Van Leeuwen’s Précis for Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity
The General Concept: A Two-Map Cognitive Structure Consider children playing with dolls on a playground during recess. from Neil Van Leeuwen Two things strike us. First, though the children are absorbed, they don’t lose their grip on reality. They remain aware that sand is sand, that wet sand builds better “castles,” that they…
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What is my Thought, What is Your Question: An Academia and Educational Paper
A phenomenological-existential investigation of the question of why populations stagnated into “more of the same” ‘bullshit’, as in Harry Frankfurt (2014). Frankfurt determines that bullshit is speech intended to persuade without regard for truth. The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it; the bullshitter doesn’t care whether what they say is true…
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Vale Marion Maddox 1965 – 2025: MICE Condolences
Marion Maddox (passed 16 September 2025) was a Professor in the Discipline of Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University where she taught Australian politics and religious studies until her retirement in 2021. Prior to her tenure at Macquarie University, she held positions at Victoria University Wellington for seven years, the University of…