The Mosaic of Life
Some weeks ago, on my way to studies in Oxford, I landed at Gatwick Airport. The usually distracted routine–have my passport controlled, get my bag, go through customs–was startled by […]
Tag Archives: individualism
The Spiritual Marketplace and the Flip Side to Pluralism
A new dimension of pluralism has recently dawned on me. A lot has been made of the “spiritual but not religious” here at Wondering Fair and elsewhere. In previous posts, […]
What does the “selfie” say?
It’s official. “Selfie” entered the cultural mainstream recently when Oxford Dictionaries declared it the word of the year for 2013, thus sanctioning its continued use and popularity. According to Oxford […]
Dancing Hula-Hula in Tahiti
In an 1867 play called Peer Gynt, Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen expresses what would become one of the fundamental dogmas of modern, and even more post-modern, humanism: “What should a man be? […]
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