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James Croft commented on Dallas Gaytheist's group 'It Gets Better: Atheists for a Bully-free America'
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James Croft replied to James Croft's discussion 'State of Formation - an experiment in interfaith dialogue' in the group Atheists Who Don't Hate Religion or Religious People
Apologies - they've switched sites since I made the post! Should be fixed now.
atypican replied to James Croft's discussion 'State of Formation - an experiment in interfaith dialogue' in the group Atheists Who Don't Hate Religion or Religious People
The links were broken when I tried them.
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A good place to start exploring Temple of the Future is this post, which explains the purposes, ideals and structure of the site:
The Foundations of the Temple
Stiefel Freethought Foundation
Our mission is to gain respect for freethinkers and ensure the complete separation of church and state.We envision a world where government favors liberty over dogma and freethinkers are overt, united and influential.See More
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James Croft replied to James Croft's discussion 'State of Formation - an experiment in interfaith dialogue' in the group Atheists Who Don't Hate Religion or Religious People
I haven't got that far, to be honest! Thank you so much for reading - you can see more of my pieces here.
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State of Formation - An Experiment in Interfaith Dialogue Including Atheists
Dear All,I thought members of this community might be interested in State of Formation, an online forum for emerging religious and worldview leaders to discuss matters of ethics, faith, religion and morality in a respectful and collaborative way, supported by the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. I am a Humanist Contributing Scholar for the project, which has a number of atheists involved. Currently featured articles include…See More
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State of Formation - an experiment in interfaith dialogue
Dear All,I thought members of this community would be interested in State of Formation, an online forum for emerging religious and worldview leaders to discuss matters of ethics, faith, religion and morality in a respectful and collaborative way, supported by the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Currently featured articles include musings on religious conversion, the …See More
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The New Humanism
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New Articles:
On Interfaith Work and the Nonreligious, by Chris Stedman:
http://thenewhumanism.org/authors/christopher-stedman/articles/should-the-nonreligious-join-in-interfaith-work
A Humanist response to Newt Gingrich's new book, by Sikivu…
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- Why do people make art? What can we learn from art? How can we use the arts to better understand ourselves and our world? And what does it mean to understand something, anyway? These are the questions which drive me.
I'm a candidate for an Ed.D in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education - my advisor is Howard Gardner.
I hold an M.Ed in Arts in Education from the same institution, and a MA in Education with Drama and English from the University of Cambridge (1:1). I am privileged to have been made a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow, which has enabled me to continue my studies, and I was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
I am fascinated by all the places in which the study of the arts and of the mind collide, and want to work to better human communities through art. Currently, I'm exploring how people make meaning in their lives through engagement with art.
I am also an Ambassador for the Teach First program, from which I graduated wih distinction in July 2007. Under the program I spent two years teaching English (and some Drama!) in Longford Community School in Feltham, West London. This was an extraordinarily challenging and invaluable experience, and I will never forget the professionalism and dedication of the teachers I worked with, nor the good-naturedness and fundamental decency of the children who had the bizarre experience of having me as a teacher.
I am an experienced actor and singer, having performed in many locations around the world including St Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Statue of Liberty, Shakespeare's Globe, the Barbican, and the Royal Albert Hall. I have sung with the Surrey Youth Choir and National Youth Choir of Great Britain, under many renowned conductors and choral leaders, and have taken on such varied roles as Oedipus, Jacques and Touchstone ('As You Like It'), Thomas Becket (Murder in the Cathedral) and Father Christmas (numerous times). I currently sing with the Cambridge (MA)-based Oriana Consort.
For two years I worked part-time for the London Shakespeare Workout Prison Project, a charity that takes Shakespeare into prisons around the UK. During my association with LSW I visited HMP Send, Highpoint, Brixton and Pentonville, and helped organise a production of 'The House of Bernarda Alba' that was performed at the Criterion Theatre in London. This was the first occasion in which inmates from a closed prison (HMP Send) were given leave to perform on a London Stage.
I try to weave the performative and academic parts of my life together through the Theatre of Thought, a Harvard student theatre group which seeks to explore complex and compelling ideas through the medium of theatre.
I am a committed Humanist, who wants to build Humanist communities that foster the development non-religious social capital and give non-religious people the space to come together and appreciate each other more deeply. To this end, I am one of the editors of The New Humanism (thenewhumanism.org), a free online magazine published by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard.
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State of Formation - An Experiment in Interfaith Dialogue Including Atheists
Posted on November 12, 2010 at 11:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Dear All,
Continue I thought members of this community might be interested in State of Formation, an online forum for emerging religious and worldview leaders to discuss matters of ethics, faith, religion and morality in a respectful and collaborative way, supported by the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. I am a Humanist Contributing Scholar for the project, which has a number of atheists involved. Currently featured…
The Benefits of Ballrooms - Why Attend a Humanist Conference?
Posted on June 4, 2010 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I type this entry as I sit on the runway at Boston-Logan Airport, about to take to the sky for a 6 hour journey to San Jose. I will be traversing a distance of almost
2700 miles. If I were to go 600 miles farther, and in a different direction, I
could be in London, my hometown – this is a…
Comment Wall (16 comments)
- At 1:03pm on May 17, 2011,
Ruth Anthony-Gardner said… - Greetings, James! I'd like to invite you to a group where we talk about anything on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D
- At 11:04pm on May 1, 2010,
Self Know said… - Cool profile james!! Peace!!
- At 10:54am on April 30, 2010,
Dale McGowan said… - Hi James! Sure, I'd be happy to do an interview for New Humanism.
- At 11:55pm on March 31, 2010,
Stephen Goldin said… - Welcome to the SFF group. Hope you have a lot of fun here.
- At 4:56pm on December 13, 2009,
Anwar Diamante said… - Hey James how are you? I am going to put in grades for my students tomorrow. Finally, I can breathe, write and be a scholar....
- At 9:39pm on December 6, 2009,
Anwar Diamante said…
- Yes, I am a continental boy. That's because my M.A. is in Literature, which basically means lots of theory...lol I did enjoy my drama courses...they were fab...
- At 2:36pm on December 6, 2009,
Anwar Diamante said…
- I am totally speechless reading your bio. First, England now Harvard. Man, you rock.
- At 12:58pm on September 10, 2009,
AcesLucky said… - That'll be interesting. Thanks. Though I wasn't talking about "tenable". In fact, I'd like to be as clear as possible why I concluded what I did in light of her piece. It's about 3/4 page so I'm sending it here as an email instead of as a comment. (Is that okay?)
I'll take your word for it, but I'll owe you a buck if she disagrees with it. (I wouldn't want to back her into a corner -- but the reasoning is all hers.)
- At 11:31pm on September 9, 2009,
AcesLucky said…
- "Perhaps I'll find that example, regarding the epistemological validity of faith..."
Nope. Not with Elgin; in fact, just the opposite. In "True Enough" (though she could have said the same thing in two or three pages instead of 23) she clearly states why science is in fact epistemologically valid and for the same reason why faith is not. (Clearly explained on the last page.)
Is there anyone that you know of that specifically addresses the validity of faith as an epistemological approach? I'm afraid Elgin would take your opposite.
- At 1:00am on August 27, 2009,
AcesLucky said…
- Thanks for the feedback, though it took me half the day to find Kate Elgin's paper "True Enough"; strangely, Harvard didn't offer it without an account there, which I don't have, but I finally found it at Rutgers. This ought to be fun. Perhaps I'll find that example, regarding the epistemological validity of faith... But I can see right away why you changed the question from knowledge to understanding. It's the first thing she does.
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