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David Breeden

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A Little Book of Living Through the Day: Poems During a Pandemic

This moving and accessible collection of poetry was written to get himself through the isolation of the pandemic--and to reach others struggling with the same burden of the day-after-day.

2022

David Breeden

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Humanism Now

Moral and Spiritual Government

The twentieth century Pragmatist philosopher John Dewey wrote:

Nov 30, 2022

Nov 30, 2022

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Humanism Now

Heretic! An Early Religious Naturalist

In 1838 Abner Kneeland, a former Universalist minister, spent sixty days in the Boston jail on a charge of blasphemy. Kneeland’s…

Nov 10

Nov 10

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Humanism in the Classroom

In his 1968 masterwork Pedagogia del Oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) the Brazilian educational theorist Paulo Freire (1921–1997)…

Nov 4

Nov 4

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Humanism Now

The Footnotes Have It!

In my studies over many years and many subjects, I’ve noticed that often the most interesting ideas appear in the footnotes/endnotes of…

Oct 14

Oct 14

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Humanism Now

from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Consider what nature requires; allow nothing to distract you.

Sep 7

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Book Review: Estranged Pioneers: Race, Faith, and Leadership in a Diverse World by Korie Little…

Diversity is the cry of many liberal Protestant congregations these days. The sentiment is noble. The execution, too often, proves…

Jul 18

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Humanism Now

An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of…

If your summer reading tends toward non-fiction, have I got a book for you. I found it a page-turner.

Jul 18

An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of…

Jul 18

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Humanism Now

Of Gods and Constitutions

We live in desperate times. I’m not talking the usual American political desperation, which is too often ginned up nonsense to extract that…

Jul 11

Jul 11

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The Greatest Misconception About Humanism

The biggest problem for humanism continues to be its name. Aren’t humanists all about human beings being the Crown of Creation?

Jun 2

The Greatest Misconception About Humanism

Jun 2

Alchemy

It was the black soil, the delta of Egypt, kēme, the soil itself that

May 2

May 2