zenboy21
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My Tagline:
Just your average "Constructive Postmodern Religious Progressive"
My Interests:
Meditation, God, Interfaith issues, Origin of life debates, History, Movies, TV, Music, Books, Education, Current events, Politics, Environment
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Books? Right now, I'm really digging Ken Wilber's "Integral Spirituality, " John Haught's "Is Nature Enough?", David Ray Griffin's "Re-enchantment Without Supernaturalism, " Philip Clayton's "Mind and Emergence, " and Jim Crace's novel, "Quarantine."
Who Inspires Me:
Noam Chomsky, Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Martin Luther King, Ken Wilber, Anita Roddick, Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Ray Griffin, Amy Goodman, Paul Tillich
My organizations and affiliations:
American Academy of Religion, Center for Process Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, Amnesty International, American Philosophical Society, Center for Progressive Christianity, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, Unitarian Universalist Association, Integral Institute, CAIR, Shambhala Buddhism International
My favorite spiritual activities:
Meditation, "Postmodern" Lectio Divina, nature walks, "Scriptural Reasoning" dialogues
Who I'm praying for:
All Sentient Beings
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Hopeful
What's your spiritual type?:
Undefinable - These labels (and most labels) don't work for me.
About Me
Hey, all. I'm a doctoral student in Philosophy of Religion and R.E.C. (Religion, Ethics, and Culture), whose concentration is "applied constructive postmodern thought" in primarily two areas: "issues in Religious Pluralism," and "the Science and Theology dialogue."
Most of my work consists of careful analysis of religious language and scientific concepts as they are used by various groups and individuals, with the somewhat "therapeutic" goal of helping to clarify confusion and thus help to foster mutual understanding and (hopefully) peaceful co-existence. (lately I've been particularly involved in the Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the Buddhist-Muslim dialogue)
I also have a background in Film Studies, and am an avid movie lover. I'm very much interested in the use of examples from film and television series to illustrate and explore various religious, ethical, and philosophical concepts.
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