When I was ruminating over the anti-Black biases of my chosen spaces, of the Big Three - philosophy, conservation, and philanthropy -- I had a hard time "figuring out" philanthropy. I do believe that everything in the US is touched by, and partially formed by, white supremacy, so I knew there is something problematic in … Continue reading White supremacy in philanthropy
Hoo boy, this chapter was a doozy!! I had my work cut out for me on this one. Hence why my review is a week late. I highly doubt anyone will mind... Chapter 14, "Morality and Divine Authority", was written by Dr. Mark C. Murphy, Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Chair in Religious Philosophy at Georgetown University. … Continue reading OHPT: Thoughts on Morality and Divine Authority (Chapter 14)
I haven't done a book review in a looooong time. Years. (I do consider my year-long project of reading and commenting on every chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology to be some kind of review, but NONE OF YOU ARE READING THOSE AND I AM TOTALLY NOT MIFFED BY THIS AT ALL.) This … Continue reading Review: Aspiration by Agnes Callard
Woo! We're half way through the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology, folks! I say "we" and "folks" but my metrics tell me very few people are actually reading these posts. (Fewer than my usual few, even!) I'm not at all offended or bummed by this. It's kind of what I expected, for a couple reasons … Continue reading I’m halfway through the OHPT and I have THOUGHTS
Whoosh, I have actually made it halfway through the OHPT. *pats self on back and pours self gigantic glass of wine* I have another post of thoughts on this process, both the reading and the writing, so I'll keep this post to a review of Chapter 13. In we go.... Chapter 13, "Petitionary Prayer," was … Continue reading OHPT: Thoughts Petitionary Prayer (Chapter 13)
The reality of this American life is that every. single. place has been shaped by anti-black racism. There is no structure, no institution, no system that has not been formed, in part, by white supremacy, by anti-POC bias, by all insidious kinds of racism. It's imperative that we acknowledge how broadly, deeply pervasive white supremacy … Continue reading Examining the anti-Black racism of my chosen spaces
This chapter gave me major déjà vu. It touched on new topics, but I felt like it was a little bit of a rehash or mash-up of the chapters on divine omniscience and divine power. Maybe this was a good thing?! It certainly illustrates part of what I'm starting to think about when reviewing this … Continue reading OHPT: Thoughts on Divine Providence (Chapter 12)
As many white people in the US these past couple of weeks, I've been taking a hard, hard look at who I am, how I behave and let myself be influenced, and what aspects of white supremacy I currently enable through my ignorance or desire to stay comfortable. It's not pretty. One of my biggest … Continue reading Unlearning “whiteness as the norm”
I recently listened to Dr. Shankar Vedantam interview Dr. Peter Singer on Vedantam's (excellent) podcast, Hidden Brain. Singer is a contemporary utilitarianism, a philosopher of ethics who argues that the right thing to do is that which produces the most amount of happiness (or the least amount of suffering) in the world. On the face … Continue reading Two arguments against “the end justifies the means”
WHEREIN a philosophical theologian (inadvertently?!) makes a case for Christian environmentalism. Better believe I "hearted" those passages. With last week's chapter on Moral Perfection, we finished the section on "Divine Attributes" and plowed forward into "God and Creation." Dr. Robin Collins leads off with a discussion of Divine Action and Evolution. Collins is Distinguished Professor … Continue reading OHPT: Thoughts on Divine Action and Evolution (Chapter 11)
