When Amaziah, Priest of the Shrine of Bethel, confronts the prophet Amos for conspiring against King Amaziah, Amos replies with a very specific denial: “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son.” And it’s hard to run for president of the United States without insisting early and often that “I’m not a politician.” What about philosophers? What happens when you ask a philosopher whether or not she’s a philosopher? We might find that out today as we talk with Rebekah Spera and David M. Peña-Guzman about their recent book Professional Philosophy and Its Myths from Lexington Books. And even if we don’t, I imagine we’ll find ourselves posing questions about the field that we call academic philosophy that are worth posing.
Danny Anderson interviews Elijah Siegler about the recent book, "Coen: Framing Religion in Amoral Order."
Heather Ordover and Nathan Gilmour, in another Craft Lit/Christian Humanist Profiles crossover, interview Bryan Doerries about Theater of War and his other projects bringing...
Coyle Neal interviews Robert Benne about his recent book "Good and Bad Ways to Think about Religion and Politics."