Christmas and Capitalism: A Call to Give Mindfully
Have you ever wondered why, exactly, we give gifts at this time of year? Regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas or not, nearly all religions and cultures celebrate a winter […]
Category Archives: Religion & Secularism
Atheist & Gay: Double Jeopardy… or Opportunity?
By David Madison, PhD Biblical Studies Two Weddings The message on our placard was straightforward: “It’s Not Complicated: I Want to Marry the Man I Love. Case Closed.” My husband […]
The Irreverent Trauma of Being Just a Human: Event Review of Salman Rushdie at Rutgers University
Last week, world-famous author Salman Rushdie appeared at Rutgers University as part of the English Department’s new Writers at Rutgers Reading Series. Hundreds of eager students, faculty, staff, and community […]
3 Explanations of the Groundings of Naturalistic, Non-Theistic Ethics
In a previous post about Cultural Relativism I proposed 4 arguments for relativism and then argued that none of them really work. It’s not that I had any arguments for […]
Three Atheists Walk into an Interfaith Dialogue….
Three atheists walk into an Interfaith dialogue… three opinions walk out. The Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University recently led a group of Rutgers students as a Humanist delegation to the […]
Soul Talk: My Experience Researching & Teaching on Souls at Rutgers University
By Dan Ogilvie, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University A Sketch of the Present Debate A front page article in the August 26, 2013, edition of the New York Times reports […]
Are We Climbing the Same Mountain? Secular-Religious Ethical Disagreement and the Peter Singer & Charles Camosy Discussion
By James Goodrich, Rutgers Class of ’14 Many moral philosophers – or at least those who think there are objective facts about what is right and wrong – find widespread […]
A Note in Each Pocket: A Parable on Humility, Pride, & Comparative Religion
Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa was born in Poland in the mid-1700’s and later became one of the most prominent leaders of Hasidic Judaism in his country. He’s also […]
Euthyphro’s Dilemma: Why Atheists & Theists are Stuck in the Same Ethical Boat
A few weeks ago I had a Facebook post about the immorality of homosexuality come up on my feed. This actually isn’t that uncommon for me. Growing up I went […]
A Global Historical Survey: Does Accepting Homosexuality Lead to Civilizational Ruin?
A while ago I had a discussion with some friends about homosexuality and morality. Eventually I made the comment: Well it doesn’t directly affect you. If you didn’t know it […]
Applied Sentience 