philosophy

Introducing my new research project: A philosophical and theological exploration of ‘religious atheism’ and ‘religious naturalism’

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Via my LinkedIn-account I already announced that from February 1, 2015, I have a new halftime position, as a researcher at the Dominican Study Centre for Theology and Society in Amsterdam (see http://dsts.nl). It’s a position for one year, and I intend to do a lot in that time.

The project that I will be working on is titled: The spirituality of ‘belonging without believing’: a philosophical and theological exploration of ‘religious naturalism’ and ‘religious atheism’. I’ll try to give a brief description of what I will be working on for the coming year…

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The manager, the ego, and the spiritual life

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Harassed business executives and bank managers resort, in their spare time, to yoga and transcendental meditation. This provides them with periodic “trips” which lack the harmful side-effects of alcohol or drugs; it gets their passions under control, eases nervous tension and reduces the risk of ulcers. But does it necessarily lead to profound inner change … Lees verder

Will atheism replace religion in the future?

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Recently, I came across two interesting articles about the causes and possible future of religion and atheism…

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My take on the map metaphor

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I just came across a note I made in one of my Moleskines, probably from around 2007, in which I wrote the following: Map Metaphor Suppose I walk through a big city, using a map of that city. I arrive at a big square where there is a church. However, when I look at my … Lees verder

A musical link between Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, and Sigmund Freud

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I’m a huge fan of The Alan Parsons Project. I love all of the Alan Parsons Project albums. But in my opinion the best album that the Alan Parsons Project produced, strictly speaking wasn’t an “Alan Parsons Project” (and isn’t listed as such), but for some weird reason, has remained relatively unknown…

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