Tag Archives: religion-secular binary

An Argument for Thinking of Religions as Vestigial States

Posted on 12 March 2012 by naomigoldenberg

This is a guest posting by Prof. Naomi Goldenberg, introducing some of the themes she will be addressing when she visits the UK in late April 2012.   My work at present is focused on developing the hypothesis that religions … Continue reading →

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The myth of religion and the tyranny of Richard Dawkins’ discontinuous mind

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Timothy Fitzgerald

In his New Statesman article “The tyranny of the discontinuous mind” [NS 19 Dec 2011 – 1 Jan 2012] Richard Dawkins suggests how arbitrary our classificatory dividing lines are. And yet the substance of his arguments rests on precisely such … Continue reading →

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Critical religion and the religion-secular binary: a response to Richard Roberts

Posted on 1 September 2011 by Timothy Fitzgerald

(Note that this posting refers directly to this blog entry by Richard H. Roberts, itself in part a response to an earlier posting of mine.) Thanks to Richard for his thoughts on my work. The problem begins with his title, … Continue reading →

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