Daily Archives: July 19, 2008

Direct Apprehension of the Divine: Has Alvin Plantinga Confused Metaphor for Knowledge of God?

Has Notre Dame philosopher and theologian, Alvin Plantinga, the author of Warranted Christian Belief (2000 Oxford), mistaken metaphor for what he calls direct knowledge of God?      I ask this question because early on in his book, Plantinga made an admission … Continue reading

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Love Bomb Burns: A Fascinating Oxford University Press Book on the Social Psychology of Cults and Charismatic Religious Movements

  The book, Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion (Oxford 1999), by Marc Galanter, is hard to put down. It’s not just an excellent introduction to the dynamics of religious cults, but of social psychology in general. The author uses systems theory … Continue reading

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“Eating Disorder”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella

  fat black   bee with bitty   bee face   burrowing a   blood red rose   buzzing

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