Theology

Andrew Alam-Nist

Is Religion The Opium Of The People?

In the introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Karl Marx famously characterized religion as ‘das...

Andrew Alam-Nist

How Progressive Is Pope Francis's Stance On Homosexuality?

The Catholic Church has historically opposed efforts to defend LGBT rights. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s...

Andrew Alam-Nist

A Look At Three Sociological Theories Of Religion

Religion as an institution, while having declined since the Enlightenment, fundamentally affects individuals and the whole within most...

Andrew Alam-Nist

A Critique Of Pascal's Wager

Blaise Pascal is one of the most famous, mathematicians, philosophers and theologians in the Western Canon. Following a period of...

Andrew Alam-Nist

Some Thoughts On Animal Suffering And Theodicy

An animal is struck by a severe disease in the wilderness. The disease is non-curable and terminal. Being of simple mind, the animal...

Theo Naylor Marlow

The Infinite Dead-Ends Of Deistic Disagreements

A thought, or perhaps a series of thoughts, came to me over an unusually philosophical dinner. We found ourselves, as all normal...

Andrew Alam-Nist

A Critique of Anselm's Ontological Argument

Editor's Note: In this essay, in a somewhat different tone to some of my other blog posts, I decided that it would be interesting to...

Andrew Alam-Nist

From Where Does Scripture Derive Its Authority?

I Intro The origin of the authority of scripture is highly disputed. To many, it may not have any authority at all. To determine its just...

Andrew Alam-Nist

Has Christianity Been An Aid Or A Hindrance To The Development Of Western Philosophical Thought?

For nearly 1500 years prior to the Enlightenment, as well as during it, Christianity held a stranglehold on Western philosophy throughout...