Appropriately Appropriative
The question of cultural appropriation is real and complex.
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Minister’s Blog
David’s manuscript on humanist liturgy is available here: “Congregating for Secular People: Theory and Practice”
The Neighborhood of Boston
Nowadays, Boston is a multicultural city, but the Boston that created Unitarianism was not.
Whose Cakes, What Cakes: Testosterone and Monotheism
The God of the ancient Hebrews did not answer all the needs of the people. The religion had a patriarchy problem. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam still do.
Unbelievers
Belief. It’s one of the most beautiful of human emotions; it’s one of the most evil of human emotions. It’s one of the most complex of human emotions. It’s one of those foundational words in the vocabulary of English. I “believe” that the sun will rise tomorrow. I believe that the earth is part of the Milky Way Galaxy. I… Read More »Unbelievers
Religions, Shoes, and Cobblers
Religions are now consumer products in the US. How did that happen?
Selling at the Marketplace of Ideas
The Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius proposed a rather large educational enterprise when he wrote, “We exist for the sake of one another. Teach them, then, or accept them as they are” (Bk 8:59). I wish this were not the wisdom of the ages, but experience indicates that it is: teach people the way of tolerance and pro-sociality, or deal with… Read More »Selling at the Marketplace of Ideas
Skepticism and the Drowning
Our inherent human moral imagination tells us that saving the drowning is a moral good. To choose to ignore this intuition takes . . . well, value judgments.
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