Blog – Ethos

Soundings in Post-Secularism: Habermas and his Interlocutors

German polymath Jürgen Habermas is a leading systematic philosopher. This review essay does not take Habermas whole but will take a few soundings from representative works on the recent theme of ‘post-secularism’ with which Habermas, oft-named ‘the pope of European secularism’, is now associated. It proposes that Habermas’ immense interdisciplinary contributions and journey towards a more post-secular philosophy and sociology provide resources for critically and constructively engaging the more theologically tone-deaf, as well as those with triumphalist notions of post-secularism leaving secularism behind.

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Walking Forward into the Past

Revd Canon Shannon Smith writes, ‘Sitting back and watching the Yoorrook Commission come together and transforming how a State moved forward into the past captivated my mind and heart. Bringing the commission together and listening to the shared truth and evidence given was enough to rock the core of any who has engaged or even took up an interest in the proceedings.’

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Shock jocks, prophets and God as a maggot

What do shock jocks, prophets and maggots have to teach us about the nature of God? Dr Paul Mercer gives us a raw account of God’s willingness to get into our mess to heal us.