Author Archives: DavidWebster
Secular Buddhist Podcast
A recent Podcast interview I did with Ted Meissner at The Secular Buddhist can be heard HERE…
Militant Atheists and associated nonsense..
I see TED has stepped away from the Rupert Sheldrake talk at one if its TedX events.. Then Deepak Chopra and various folk object, etc – and we finally have a response HERE, that defends TED. I am not a great Fan of TED talks really, but they seem on the ball here. Whatever you think of […]
Is the promotion of mutual respect and tolerance incompatible with the faith ethos of some schools?
Reblogged from IOE London blog: Jonny Scaramanga The Government has repeatedly affirmed its support for faith schools and parents’ right to pass on their religious beliefs. At the same time, standards for independent schools, announced last year, require the promotion of “mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs”. Has the government […]
A Sokal-style hoax by an anti-religious philosopher
Reblogged from Why Evolution Is True: I’m a big fan of Dr. Maarten Boudry, a Belgian philosopher who’s a research fellow in the Department of Philosopy & Moral Sciences of Ghent University. Boudry has spent a lot of time showing that religion and science are incompatible, attacking the distinction between “metaphysical naturalism” and “methodological naturalism” […]
Spiritual But Not Religious – in the news…
I recently talked to some students about the term ‘Spiritual But Not Religious ‘ and my notes may, or may not, be of interest.. They are below. You may notice that I take a much more measured tone than in the book.. ———- We began by wondering: Who are the SBNR? * We don’t wholly […]
Tapestry Interview, SOAS and more..
After a quiet-ish time of late – going back to work full-time has meant being really busy - Dispirited seems to have seen a sudden burst of activity.. Two weeks ago, I spoke to Gloucestershire Philosophical Society, partly about the book – but mainly about issues of ‘happiness’ – some of which overlapped with my post […]
Dispirited interview with Tricycle Magazine
Dispirited interview with Tricycle Magazine I know I am overdue to post about the SBNR issues with studies and mental health – and that’ll appear.. But till then – here’s an interview (entitled ‘The Dangers of Spirituality”) that I did with the Buddhist magazine Tricycle’s website: http://www.tricycle.com/blog/dangers-spirituality-interview-david-webster
2011 Census – Religion Data available
The 2011 Religious Data from the Census is out.. See http://philosvids.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/2011-census-religion-data/ for a link… I am sure there is much more to say about it – The headline at the British Humanist’s website is: Census results show huge shift in cultural identity from Christianity to no religion. I will get round to it…
Spiritual But Not Religious (again)
Ok – I have said things on this topic again – but perhaps I might be clearer. I haven’t object to the term “Spiritual But Not Religious’ out of pique, or disrespect: but because I am not sure it makes sense.. Of course, we can (as I say in the book) see it as a form […]
A toolkit for spotting prejudice
Reblogged from Another angry woman: Have you ever read something and thought, “that’s prejudiced”, but without the ability to put your finger on exactly how? There are speeches and writings and quotes which seem sexist, racist, ableist, homophobic or transphobic, yet there is no exact quote that can be pulled out and easily called out […]
