Take a look at Joel Mark’s short essay in the NYT; “Confessions of an Ex-Moralist.” It’s nice to see amoralist points of views expressed once in a while. Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

“DM,” who had been flooding this blog with threats (which occasionally got through the spam filter and other trapping devices), finally seems to have overreached. We’ll see if he stops. It would save me some time and general headaches. Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

I’ve been asking around, and many of my religiously liberal and secular Turkish friends are convinced that Turkish society has become more conservative. Possibly. The common examples they give show that a more orthodox religiosity has become more of a default assumption in public. One obvious sign is not just that many more women are … Creeping conservatism?

I highly recommend David Sehat’s The Myth of American Religious Freedom (Oxford UP, 2011). It has long been evident that the secular liberal story told about the history of the First Amendment and how the US has historically granted individuals free religious expression is dubious. Not to put too fine a point on it, it’s … The Myth of American Religious Freedom

I was reading a collection of essays by religious intellectuals and theologians, and a couple of them described the recent trend toward allowing gay marriage as the state interfering with the freedom of religion. On the face of it, this seems absurd. After all, if the state recognizes a certain status for gay couples, including … Gay marriage violates freedom of religion?

Say you run into a conservative Christian church that advertises that next Sunday, the minister is going to call on the power of Jesus and resurrect a dead member of the congregation. You stop by, thinking the attempt might be amusing. As you walk into the service, it looks more crazy than fun. They really … Natural miracles?

An interview with me is appearing today on the “Think Atheist” radio show. They tell me that “The show will air at 5PM Pacific/8PM Eastern but then be available to stream from our archive immediately after it concludes.” Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)