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- The Life and Death of the Death of God by The Row Boat on Nov 6, 2009
There's a whole subculture of people who, when the newspaper arrives, go straight for the obituaries. Well, now they've got their own, quite excellent literary website: Obit. All death, all the time. I've got a new essay there on the "death of God" t...
- Have You Heard of Rashi? by The Row Boat on Oct 8, 2009
The day my essay, "The Self-Thinking Thought" appeared on the New York Times blog Happy Days, I received a letter that went thusly: I read your blog on Anselm; quite interesting. Your name sounds Jewish, and although you said you are Catholic, do y...
- God Has Died Before by The Row Boat on Oct 5, 2009
I only just now realized that today the Guardian published a piece I did for them on the "death of God" theological controversy in the 1960s. It is geared, especially, as a reflection on the New Atheist debates that have been going on lately: Unlike...
- The Shooting Gallery by The Row Boat on Oct 1, 2009
Once again in the New York Times Happy Days blog, I'm testing myself. Last time, I was testing my faith. This time, it's my trigger finger: I’ve always really liked guns. Growing up, I fantasized about them endlessly, though my parents discouraged...
- Science & Religion: Still Not Settled by The Row Boat on Jun 19, 2009
A psychologist, an astrophysicist, and, um, a "neurotheologist" take the stage in a Brooklyn art gallery, alongside donation-priced beer, to talk about science and religion. That should about cover the bases, right? Time for some good, scientific ans...
- The Diaries of the Late God by The Row Boat on Mar 10, 2009
Last week a dear friend blessed me with a 1968 first edition paperback copy of a sleeping classic: Excerpts from the Diaries of the Late God by Anthony Towne. I love this. The dedication page sends a tingle down my spine. The poet Anthony Towne wa...
- Resources for Compassion by The Row Boat on Jan 24, 2009
Last night the distinguished (and remarkably cheerful) legal philosopher Martha Nussbaum spoke in New York at the William Alanson White Institute to a crowd of graying analysts and a handful of rambunctious kids in the back from Brown's class of
