Monthly Archives: March 2011

WECSOR Conference 2011

Posted on March 31, 2011 by William Blumberg

My head is still full of ideas, comments, theories, and connections from the American Academy of Religion’s  Western Region (WECSOR) meeting at Whittier College. It will be months for me to process all interesting conversations from this conference. However, here … Continue reading →

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Paganism and the Inner Critic

Posted on March 20, 2011 by N. Marie

The other day, I had a conversation with a friend who said she would love to write, but wasn’t good at creative writing. I encouraged her to try other forms, like poetry. This was met with something that resembled panic. … Continue reading →

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Pagan Humanism (A working title.)

Posted on March 11, 2011 by N. Marie

The other evening at my local meet up event, we had a book share out. When it was my turn, I stammered and stuttered about the general idea of the book I had chosen, practically reading the subtitle verbatim as … Continue reading →

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Tsunami, Taking Actions, and Piety

Posted on March 11, 2011 by William Blumberg

I woke this morning and checked my twitter account (@williamblumberg) to find that a major earthquake occurred near Japan and that a tsunami had already impacted some coastal areas in Japan. My heart goes out to all those affected by … Continue reading →

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Ritual as Dissipation System

Posted on March 8, 2011 by William Blumberg

Ritual operates as a self-organizing dissipation system for ontological embodiment. Philosophers really know how to take all the fun out of something like ritual. Permit me to rephrase by saying that ritual permits the flow of energy, which is akin … Continue reading →

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Aristotle and Confucius are Friends

Posted on March 1, 2011 by William Blumberg

Yu, Jiyuan. The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle: Mirrors of Virtue. New York: Routledge, 2007. There are dangers with comparative philosophy. These include incommensurability, relativism, misinterpretations and heavy reliance on secondary sources (language), and Eurocentric standards. Jiyuan Yu faces all … Continue reading →

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