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Most of the world happens when I’m not in the room. That’s been a guiding principle for me as I’ve read and heard about all kinds of things I’ve never seen. I know some folks prefer David Hume’s assumption that anything that doesn’t resemble closely enough what one has witnessed directly is more likely delusion or deception than real testimony, and I know others would just as soon dismiss the experiences of folks not from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as primitive or worse, but I’ll take Hamlet over Hume on these kinds of matters: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio/ Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” And although our approaches to these matters differ somewhat, I think I found an ally in Joy Vaughan’s book Phenomenal Phenomena: Biblical and Multicultural Accounts of Spirits and Exorcism. Christian Humanist Profiles is glad to welcome Dr. Vaughan to the show to talk about her research.
Nathan Gilmour interviews Charles Hackney about his 2010 book "Martial Virtues: Lessons in Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion from the World's Greatest Warriors."
Do not think any man happy until he has died, free from suffering. That line, or something like it depending on the translator, ends...
Nathan Gilmour interviews Nick Riggle about his recent book "On Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck."
