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“Naked And Afraid”: A lesson in spontaneous order

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Joel D. Hirst

Last night I stumbled across a program on the Discovery Channel called “Naked and Afraid”. The basic premise of this reality television series goes something like this: take two successful young people from the United States – opposite genders to … Continue reading →

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Mu’tazila – Defenders of Reason in Islam

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Joel D. Hirst

At the very beginning of Islamic theological history a group of mutakalliman (the word for theologian in Islamic tradition) in Baghdad and Basra, in an attempt to defend their new religion from external detractors and internal corruption, developed “the first … Continue reading →

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Nathaniel’s Nutmeg – A Book Review and a Lesson

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Joel D. Hirst

Have you heard of the Island of Run? Neither had I. In fact this most insignificant island of the Banda archipelago – 1.9 miles by .65 miles – often doesn’t even make it onto modern maps of the region. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

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