One of the most frustrating dimensions of political discussion today is how many people using terms such as liberalism and conservatism, and identifying with one of them, have no clear understanding of how they relate to one another, or even … Read more
Category: Spirituality
A Pagan perspective on abortion, part I.
In my opinion the strongest argument against abortion shares an insight with those of us who love the other-than-human. Recently a woman sent me an e-mail to that effect. I want to use the points she raised to begin exploring … Read more
The fascinating link between where most stand on abortion and where they stand on environmentalism
Abortion and environmental issues constitute the two major ethical questions of our time. Over at Patheos I just posted why usually people who support environmentalism also support a woman’s right to choose and why people who oppose environmentalism also oppose … Read more
The Transforming Power of Pagan Religion
Enough of critiques! I have a new post up on Patheos that looks at how Pagan spirituality is a corrective to serious blind spots in much Christian and secular thinking about people and the world.… Read more
Pagan religion as a nature religion
Over at Witches and Pagans a right wing Pagan published a piece claiming to show that Pagan religion is not a nature religion. I have shown him to be mistaken.… Read more