Christina Kilby on epistolary culture in early modern Tibet www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
www.jmu.edu
August 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Christina Kilby on epistolary culture in early modern Tibet www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
From Wired's author page: Alan Levinovitz is a professor at James Madison University
Professor of what? Must be like biology or something right.
Dr. Alan Levinovitz: Professor of Religion
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
Professor of what? Must be like biology or something right.
Dr. Alan Levinovitz: Professor of Religion
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
www.jmu.edu
June 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
From Wired's author page: Alan Levinovitz is a professor at James Madison University
Professor of what? Must be like biology or something right.
Dr. Alan Levinovitz: Professor of Religion
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
Professor of what? Must be like biology or something right.
Dr. Alan Levinovitz: Professor of Religion
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
We've just added a Faculty Bookshelf section to our department web page. Really proud of all the great work my JMU Philosophy & Religion colleagues have been doing!
www.jmu.edu/philrel/facu...
www.jmu.edu/philrel/facu...
www.jmu.edu
June 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We've just added a Faculty Bookshelf section to our department web page. Really proud of all the great work my JMU Philosophy & Religion colleagues have been doing!
www.jmu.edu/philrel/facu...
www.jmu.edu/philrel/facu...
Some really neat work students in my department are doing: www.jmu.edu/news/philrel...
#religion #buddhism
#religion #buddhism
www.jmu.edu
December 4, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Some really neat work students in my department are doing: www.jmu.edu/news/philrel...
#religion #buddhism
#religion #buddhism
The amount of responses that can't process the online world and what is behind people posting things in the most basic of ways is amazing.
Dude is a professor of religion. He just *may* be capable of AI sarcasm.
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
x.com/AlanLevinovi...
Dude is a professor of religion. He just *may* be capable of AI sarcasm.
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
x.com/AlanLevinovi...
www.jmu.edu
March 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
The amount of responses that can't process the online world and what is behind people posting things in the most basic of ways is amazing.
Dude is a professor of religion. He just *may* be capable of AI sarcasm.
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
x.com/AlanLevinovi...
Dude is a professor of religion. He just *may* be capable of AI sarcasm.
www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
x.com/AlanLevinovi...
TONIGHT, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in MGSC 128, "Anarchitecture After Everything." The Bishop Hurst Philosophy Lecture features author and Columbia University Professor Jack Halberstam, one of the leading experts on discourses around gender, sexuality, and queerness. www.american.edu/cas/philrel/...
April 21, 2026 at 3:01 AM
TONIGHT, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in MGSC 128, "Anarchitecture After Everything." The Bishop Hurst Philosophy Lecture features author and Columbia University Professor Jack Halberstam, one of the leading experts on discourses around gender, sexuality, and queerness. www.american.edu/cas/philrel/...
Hi #theologysky #theosky
I'm a newly finished #phdsky in science & religion (QM, paradox & the incarnation) this- currently entirely distinct from my role in HE sch & coll engagement.
Secret: @ ♥️I'm #philsky (#philsci or #philrel) but have ended up in theology spaces!
I'm a newly finished #phdsky in science & religion (QM, paradox & the incarnation) this- currently entirely distinct from my role in HE sch & coll engagement.
Secret: @ ♥️I'm #philsky (#philsci or #philrel) but have ended up in theology spaces!
September 21, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Hi #theologysky #theosky
I'm a newly finished #phdsky in science & religion (QM, paradox & the incarnation) this- currently entirely distinct from my role in HE sch & coll engagement.
Secret: @ ♥️I'm #philsky (#philsci or #philrel) but have ended up in theology spaces!
I'm a newly finished #phdsky in science & religion (QM, paradox & the incarnation) this- currently entirely distinct from my role in HE sch & coll engagement.
Secret: @ ♥️I'm #philsky (#philsci or #philrel) but have ended up in theology spaces!
But you are right. At the religious and secular schools I have attended, they all had selling courses (those courses for which the uni allowed in a phil). If one wanted a phil dep, go with BusEth, bioethics, PhilRel, phil ed., critical thinking, and SocPoli. You could do aesth for an arts credit.
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
But you are right. At the religious and secular schools I have attended, they all had selling courses (those courses for which the uni allowed in a phil). If one wanted a phil dep, go with BusEth, bioethics, PhilRel, phil ed., critical thinking, and SocPoli. You could do aesth for an arts credit.
Midwest Studies In #Philosophy. Vol 37, Iss 1. The New #Atheism and Its Critics. #PhilSci #PhilRel <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/misp.2013.37.issue-1/issuetoc" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/misp.2013.37.issue-1/issuetoc
November 10, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Midwest Studies In #Philosophy. Vol 37, Iss 1. The New #Atheism and Its Critics. #PhilSci #PhilRel <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/misp.2013.37.issue-1/issuetoc" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/misp.2013.37.issue-1/issuetoc
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey Biblical scholars, does anyone have a copy of Dale Allison's essay "The Problem of Gehenna" that they could send me? I can DM an e-mail to you.
#biblicalstudies #philrelsky #christianity #philrel #biblicalcriticism
#biblicalstudies #philrelsky #christianity #philrel #biblicalcriticism
November 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Hey Biblical scholars, does anyone have a copy of Dale Allison's essay "The Problem of Gehenna" that they could send me? I can DM an e-mail to you.
#biblicalstudies #philrelsky #christianity #philrel #biblicalcriticism
#biblicalstudies #philrelsky #christianity #philrel #biblicalcriticism
November 12, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Who's going to make a starter pack of people unpacking whether or not Christianity is true?
#Christianity #PhilosophyofReligion #PhilRel
#Christianity #PhilosophyofReligion #PhilRel
October 22, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Who's going to make a starter pack of people unpacking whether or not Christianity is true?
#Christianity #PhilosophyofReligion #PhilRel
#Christianity #PhilosophyofReligion #PhilRel
Wait, what is the point of this story? If you get rid of a demon, then you will get 7 more? Or it is saying don't clean your house after you cast out a demon? So strange.
#bible #Christianity #philRel
#bible #Christianity #philRel
July 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Wait, what is the point of this story? If you get rid of a demon, then you will get 7 more? Or it is saying don't clean your house after you cast out a demon? So strange.
#bible #Christianity #philRel
#bible #Christianity #philRel
#pandeism says there was once a maximally-powerful, omnipresent consciousness which could not love or learn as it was all there was.
It knew giving partial reign to chaos for a time would bring pain, suffering, and unfairness. But it was the only other option. It chose to fragment
#philrel #philsky
It knew giving partial reign to chaos for a time would bring pain, suffering, and unfairness. But it was the only other option. It chose to fragment
#philrel #philsky
July 2, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Theists say that every house has a builder, and every watch a designer, so too does the universe.
Except a house is built out of house materials and a watch out of watch materials, whereas the classical theist asserts that the universe was created from...?
Except a house is built out of house materials and a watch out of watch materials, whereas the classical theist asserts that the universe was created from...?
January 1, 2024 at 8:01 PM
This is him. He's a professor who "focuses primarily on the relationship between religion, literature, and science". I think he understood the text! I think he was joking about not being able to! www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
www.jmu.edu
March 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This is him. He's a professor who "focuses primarily on the relationship between religion, literature, and science". I think he understood the text! I think he was joking about not being able to! www.jmu.edu/philrel/peop...
Comparing worldviews rationally seems to convey the assumption that all worldviews are held in service of similar goals.
A made-up religion bearing relatively useful moral/ethical advice may be “better” in terms of human wellbeing than a “scientific” view that encourages moral/ethical nihilism.
A made-up religion bearing relatively useful moral/ethical advice may be “better” in terms of human wellbeing than a “scientific” view that encourages moral/ethical nihilism.
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 PM
This paper argues that moral realism (the idea of objective moral truths) is incompatible with non-theism.
Despite the author’s apparent intent, I find that the paper inadvertently makes a compelling argument… against moral realism.
Thoughts?
#philsky #philosophy #metaethics #PhilRel
Despite the author’s apparent intent, I find that the paper inadvertently makes a compelling argument… against moral realism.
Thoughts?
#philsky #philosophy #metaethics #PhilRel
This looks might interesting for anyone interested in the philosophy of religion and metaethics.
Loke, Andrew. 2022. ‘A New Moral Argument for the Existence of God.’ International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
www.academia.edu/85599518/Lok...
#PhilRel #metaethics #philosophy #PhilSky
Loke, Andrew. 2022. ‘A New Moral Argument for the Existence of God.’ International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
www.academia.edu/85599518/Lok...
#PhilRel #metaethics #philosophy #PhilSky
Loke, Andrew. 2022. ‘A New Moral Argument for the Existence of God.’ International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
The paper can be read from the publisher's website: https://rdcu.be/cUdVv
www.academia.edu
November 26, 2024 at 6:21 AM
This paper argues that moral realism (the idea of objective moral truths) is incompatible with non-theism.
Despite the author’s apparent intent, I find that the paper inadvertently makes a compelling argument… against moral realism.
Thoughts?
#philsky #philosophy #metaethics #PhilRel
Despite the author’s apparent intent, I find that the paper inadvertently makes a compelling argument… against moral realism.
Thoughts?
#philsky #philosophy #metaethics #PhilRel
This principle has clear implications for what it means for #God to be good. If the definition of "good" as predicated in human agents cannot define what is in God, then God cannot be "morally" good, as mainstream disputants over the problem of evil often assume. #philrel #philsky
"Since our intellect does not completely grasp the divine essence by .. concepts that .. names predicated of God signify, definitions of the names cannot define what is in God. E.g.,, the definition of power cannot be the definition of divine power, + similarly in the case of other names." -#Aquinas
February 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
... then God will be utterly unlike any kind of composite and contingent item in an ontology, the Force included! Stump and Zoll betray how completely they overlook the possibility that #God as the Ultimate might transcend the ontological structure proper to created things. 3/3 #philrel
March 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It absolutely is! Some of the replies to this thread show this type of illumination is sorely needed haha. It's pretty accessible to non-philosphers as well. I've started to self-study logic/philrel and I think this book can serve as a great springboard into further study in this area.
December 6, 2024 at 12:57 AM
It absolutely is! Some of the replies to this thread show this type of illumination is sorely needed haha. It's pretty accessible to non-philosphers as well. I've started to self-study logic/philrel and I think this book can serve as a great springboard into further study in this area.
I'm now posting on Substack. Here's a new post:
"Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument"
open.substack.com/pub/secularo...
#philsky #philosophy #philrel #theism #atheism #apologetics
"Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument"
open.substack.com/pub/secularo...
#philsky #philosophy #philrel #theism #atheism #apologetics
Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument for Theism
Scouting God and Cosmos for Good Evidence Against Naturalism
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I'm now posting on Substack. Here's a new post:
"Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument"
open.substack.com/pub/secularo...
#philsky #philosophy #philrel #theism #atheism #apologetics
"Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument"
open.substack.com/pub/secularo...
#philsky #philosophy #philrel #theism #atheism #apologetics