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June 2016

June 09, 2016
I was asked to contribute to a public square discussion on faith and politics over...
June 05, 2016
(updated 6/7/2016) Part II picks up where my earlier post on how strong belief can...

April 2016

April 27, 2016
Global warming Most of the otherwise reasonably competent people we know who are global warming...

February 2016

February 05, 2016
Last week I gave a keynote talk at the Conference of Current Pagan Studies on...

January 2016

January 31, 2016
I had the good fortune to just come across a two-part article in Patheos by...

December 2015

December 22, 2015
  The Maine coast and its adjacent islands result from the spectacular meeting of ancient...

October 2015

October 31, 2015
The Parliament of the World’s Religions, held from October 15-19, in Salt Lake City, was...

July 2015

July 01, 2015
     ( This column recapitulates the basic points about the swastika and Confederate flag...

June 2015

June 22, 2015
The racist terrorism that killed so many in Charleston this past Wednesday was followed almost...
June 11, 2015
Caitlin Jenner and the ‘Quiverfull’ of Duggars are perfect symbols for the profound cultural changes...

May 2015

May 15, 2015
Languages are alive, their words and meanings existing in a kind of linguistic ecosystem, but...

March 2015

March 22, 2015
Wicca and similar NeoPagan traditions have already helped humanity far out of proportion to our...

January 2015

January 13, 2015
Monotheism seems to have an innate proclivity to violence *and* it has inspired some of...

August 2014

August 23, 2014
Replying to reviews with which an author disagrees is in many ways a waste of...

July 2014

July 23, 2014
In the name of a more humane future, Pagans must do all we can to...

June 2014

June 12, 2014
There is no contradiction between being a genuine polytheist, one arguing there may be unimaginably...

April 2014

April 02, 2014
Resentment, envy, and self-righteousness push away from the heart, narrowing it or shutting it down....

March 2014

March 27, 2014
The problems with 'Wiccan privilege' as a concept are rooted in the current abuse of...
March 22, 2014
The word “privilege” is too abstract to do the work that needs to be done...
March 11, 2014
Amid this rich spiritual diversity most of us will come together in a deeper appreciation...

February 2014

February 11, 2014
Few if any NeoPagans have been more active than Don Frew in our interactions with...
February 04, 2014
Despite many similarities and considerable overlap at a personal spiritual level, New Age religion is...

January 2014

January 30, 2014
Jesus could become a part of a Pagan narrative, and from my perspective, he is...
January 27, 2014
The most convincing evidence supporting the definition of Pagan religion that I have discussed in...
January 23, 2014
When I write about "Pagan religion," I am writing about religions with the oldest roots...
January 20, 2014
Categories arise from out of the questions we ask and are only as useful as...
January 16, 2014
Theology arises from people trying to figure out the abstract concepts behind the basic story...

December 2013

December 09, 2013
We are undergoing a fundamental shift in humanity’s spiritual orientation: from one rooted in agricultural...

November 2013

November 01, 2013
Gus diZerega is featured in Patheos' new Public Square, a new discussion space designed to...

October 2013

October 23, 2013
Samhain and Day of the Dead celebrate the end of the cycle of physical life,...
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