Ruminations in Oxford

May 19, 2010 · 13 Comments

One core theme that comes out of this is that “religion” is not a singular natural phenomenon, but at best a family resemblance cluster, and at worst a number of disparate phenomena that are grouped simply because they happen to co-occur in one religion – Christianity. Today, Walter will talk from an eastern perspective, but Dunbar and Harvey Whitehouse both made the point that religion is not something we can talk about unqualified.

John Wilkins tar opp en velkjent debatt på bloggen sin, Evolving Thought, etter å ha deltatt på konferansen Science and Religious Conflict Conference i Oxford.