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AC Grayling: For University Students, Stop the Hand-Holding?
In today’s Guardian, philosopher AC Grayling offers his view of the role of a university education: University is emphatically not about spoon-feeding and hand-holding through courses, but the very opposite. It is not about maximising contact hours, but about autonomy … Continue reading
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Tagged AC Grayling, Antigone, books, college, education, life, Oedipus, reason, the life of the mind, university
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Gay Marriage After Proposition 8: The Historical Arc is Long, and MAYBE It Will Bend Toward Justice
Andrew Sullivan is philosophical about the passage of Proposition 8 in California: Law never trumps love. And one day it will echo it. This is a fine sentiment, recalling Martin Luther King, and rallies the heart for the battles ahead, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Antigone, gay, gay equality, gay marriage, homosexuality, James Dobson, lesbian, romeo and juliet, rush limbaugh, same-sex marriage, Sean Hannity
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“Those of us who teach at Christian colleges write with the knowledge that our books may get us fired.” Christianity Today Reviews Richard Dawkins’ “The Oxford Book of Science Writing” and Brings Up the Delicate Issue of Intellectual Censorship at Evangelical Colleges
Under the ironic and provacative title, “No Science Please: We’re Evangelical,” Christianity Today just gave Richard Dawkins’ new anthology of science writing a POSITIVE review. The review also urged Evangelicals to stay open to the discoveries of science, including those … Continue reading
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Tagged Antigone, censorship, Christianity Today, Expelled Exposed, James Dobson, John Macarthur, Karl Giberson, literature, Richard Dawkins, science, Sophocles
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