Addressing a Critique: Part 1
In the nearly three years since I published Holy Nihilism, the best -- or at least most thorough -- critique I have yet received has come from an online acquaintance…
Review of Holy Nihilism
Eric Grant Claussen from Cultivate Virtue reviews Holy Nihilism: The Moral and Spiritual Case Against Christianity: I’ve read most of the anti-Christian authors worth their salt.Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and others.This…
On Critical Race Theory
I think it's worth saying a word about "systemic racism," now that recent politics has brought critical race-theory into the public eye. The concept of systemic racism is a creation…
The Politics of Truth
...the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.John 18:37 I had a conversation about…
Holy Nihilism on the Godcast
My interview on the Godcast is now up. Overall, I think it went very well. In retrospect, I probably could have presented my argument a little bit more directly, but…
On the Origins of Truth-Telling
In Holy Nihilism, I posited that the origins of truth-telling as a value originated in the piratical militarism of steppe-based warrior cults: The origins of true testimonialism appear to lie…
Tolkien and Lewis’ Curious “Paganism”
Any manner of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under cover of romance without their knowing it. - C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters, 1939 Reader and commenter "My New…
NEW: Holy Nihilism Published
FINALLY! Editing has been a long slog, but Holy Nihilism is now out, in eBook format as well as paperback. As I say in the introduction, my purpose in writing this is…
Christianity and Honor
Apologies to everyone who has been patiently waiting for the newest book. It is still undergoing some edits, which is taking longer than I expected. I am no longer comfortable…