Michael Sattler: Radical Christian
Posted onThough Protestants have in more recent years come around to the principle of separation of church and state, this was not so in the beginning. […]
Category: Ethics
The Syrian Refugee and the Good Samaritan
Posted onA recent article about John Kasich, the governor of my home state of Ohio, noted his opposition to providing asylum to Syrian refugees. Kasich’s reasoning […]
Nebulosity, thy name is feminism
Posted onAziz Ansari recently delighted mainstream feminists on The Late Show with David Letterman when he claimed that, “if you believe that men and women have […]
Interview with Dr. Bill Ury – Social Trinitarianism
Posted onNew podcast is up. Click here to listen. This podcast features an interview with Dr. Bill Ury. Dr. Ury received his doctorate from Drew Univeristy […]
Can Christians Own Possessions and Still Love the Poor?
Posted onIn reflecting on my recent debate regarding who had the better moral philosophy, Jesus or Ayn Rand, I thought about a question my debate opponent […]
Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?
Posted onWho had the superior moral philosophy: Ayn Rand, with her focus on rational self-interest, or Jesus, who saw morality as both individual and communal? […]
Debate, “Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?”, to Take Place September 9th, 2014
Posted onI’ll have the wonderful opportunity of taking part in a debate with my great friend Ben Doublett on the topic of the relational ethics of Jesus […]
Early Christianity’s Subversion of the Sexual Power Games of Patriarchal Greece and Rome
Posted onI recently discovered an article by David Konstan entitled “Enacting Eros” (http://www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2002.01.0004). What interested me most about this article was its discussion of sex and […]
World Vision, Same Sex Marriages, and Christian Hypocrisy
Posted onRecently, the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision changed their policy of not hiring individuals in same sex marriages (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html). The change in policy does not […]
Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape
Posted onThe Moral Landscape is atheist polemicist Sam Harris’ attempt to explicate an objective moral framework that is consistent with atheism and grounded upon science. A […]