by Dr. Joseph Chuman In this vibrant and exciting election year, religion, once again, is playing asignificant role. While no one has as yet exploited Jesus as his favorite“political philosopher, […]
Addresses by our Leaders
Darwin’s Challenge to Religion and the Religious Response
Leader Joseph Chuman looks at why creationism is so popular and offers a proper religious response to Darwinism.
Ethical Culture Confronts Life’s Challenges
When I began my graduate seminar in human rights last Thursday evening at Columbia University, I told my students that to investigate the human rights field, to study in depth […]
The 350th Anniversary of Spinoza’s Excommunication and the Creation of the Modern World
The year 1656 may not loom large in the annals of Western history, but perhaps it should. For it was in that year, on July 27th to be exact, 350 […]
I’m a Believer
For anyone who cherishes reason, the last several decades of American life and politics must seem like a long descent into madness. We have always been a religious society, yet […]
Religion, Ethnicity, Identity and Ethical Culture
As we well know, and cannot forget, tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the assault on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Time has confirmed the feelings I had then, […]