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Proud to be Bird-Brained

Proud to be Bird-Brained By Jay Johnston I sat awkwardly aware of the tears coalescing and starting to slide down my cheeks. There I was, in the audience at a small community hall on a Read more…

December 19, 2018

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Art Meets Astrology: Towards a Broader Understanding of Art History

Art Meets Astrology: Towards a Broader Understanding of Art History By Klemens Ludwig Traditional art historians and scholars ignore or even deny the importance of astrology in art. This limited view had led to some Read more…

December 12, 2018

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Preserving Religious Freedom When (Some) Churches Abuse their Members?

Preserving Religious Freedom When (Some) Churches Abuse their Members? By Dion Forster Religion plays a significant role in the lives of most South Africans. In the last census (2011), just over 84 percent of citizens Read more…

December 4, 2018

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The “Worthy Opposition”: Learning to Learn

The “Worthy Opposition”: Learning to Learn By Marcia Pally We are going deaf. We worry about political polarization, the rise of the radical right and so on, but there’s a deafness afoot that is pre-political Read more…

November 28, 2018

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A Good Death

A Good Death By Whitney A. Bauman Many of us in “western” cultures are steeped in ethical and aesthetic questions about “the good life.” What is it and who has access to Read more…

November 21, 2018

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Why Physics Needs Poetry

Why Physics Needs Poetry By Alissa Jones Nelson “Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe. We need the languages of both science and poetry to save us from merely Read more…

November 14, 2018

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Why Be Virtuous?

Why Be Virtuous? By F. Samuel Brainard In the final days of October, more than a dozen pipe bombs were sent by a political fanatic to members of the opposing political party in the U.S.; Read more…

November 7, 2018

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Accountability or Objectivity? Being a Scholar in an Age of Crisis

Accountability or Objectivity? By Kocku von Stuckrad Are scholars the guardians of the Grail of Truth? Is there a truth that scholars have to insist on over against the “invention of Read more…

October 31, 2018

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Art-Work in the Age of Trump

Art-Work in the Age of Trump By Rachel Alliston Last August, at a Counterpoint conference in Berlin, Anthea Butler gave a keynote speech on the intersection of religious practice, religious freedom, and the secular state. Read more…

October 24, 2018

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On Fighting Well

On Fighting Well By John Thatamanil Can we find certain convictions abhorrent without abhorring those who subscribe to them? Put crudely, can we refuse to hate the haters? If it is possible, is it also Read more…

October 17, 2018