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“We All Try”: Philosophical Music

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Chris SunamiChristian Existential Humanism

Repost from 2015 Hip-hop singer Frank Ocean is well-known to march to the beat of a different drummer, and nowhere is that more apparent than in We All Try, a lovely and plaintive existential humanist[…]

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Christian Humanism – Is it a Contradiction?

April 11, 2019March 30, 2019 Chris SunamiChristianity

This is the text of an address I delivered in 2007 to The Ohio State University “Students for Freethought” student organization on the topic “Christian Humanism: Is it a Contradiction?” Good evening. I am here[…]

Saints and Simulators

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Chris SunamiMetaphysics

I’m proud to announce that my new series, “Saints and Simulators,” a book-length exploration of the intersection between religion and technology, is now live at the Partially Examined Life blog. Starting from the deliberately provocative[…]

John Cleese Seeks God

November 29, 2018November 27, 2018 Chris SunamiReligion

In the age of Dawkins, you don’t tend to expect good religion, or even bad religion from the Brits, and you particularly don’t expect anything that hints at faith from a man who, as he[…]

Stevie Wonder: Philosophical Music

January 25, 2018January 23, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

It occurred to me recently that in my survey of philosophical music I had too long overlooked perhaps the premiere philosopher of transcendent pop music, Mr. Stevland Wonder (an artist I had the exquisite pleasure[…]

Philosophical Conceptions of God

July 28, 2016July 20, 2016 Chris SunamiReligion

NOTE: This post is based on my own similar post on Stack Exchange. Philosophy is often associated with atheism, reflecting the fact that many of the most famous recent philosophers have been vocal atheists. Over[…]

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A Prince Among Men

April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

As with so much of the art that has had the most impact on me, it took me a while to warm up to Prince. I was still a kid during the “Purple Rain” era,[…]

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Science, Faith, and the Silver Chair

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016 Chris SunamiChristianity

Of all children’s authors who have integrated their Christian beliefs into their writing, C.S. Lewis is perhaps the most famous and well-respected, both within and outside the faith community. His celebrated Narnia series is uncompromising[…]

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Christian Humanism – Is it a Contradiction?

Saints and Simulators

John Cleese Seeks God

Philosophical Conceptions of God

A Prince Among Men

Science, Faith, and the Silver Chair