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May 10, 2004
Philosophy of Religion blog
Brian Weatherson congratulates us on our new location (quick thanks to Matthew again, may your beard never grow inward) but complains that the group philosophy blogs springing are institutionally based rather than topical, which would maximize the potential of the internet to gather people from around the world and also provide for more consistent and specialized discussion by those who are closer to being experts. I agree. Therefore, I've decided to pursue the possibility of a philosophy of religion blog, mostly because it's the one of my three main philosophical interests that I can't pursue as easily at Syracuse anymore given the faculty makeup. This would be hosted under Ektopos, as this blog and my own are. Matthew is interested, so it's not pure speculation. Three things I'd like feedback on: 1. Do you think this sort of thing would work? 2. Who would be good to have blogging on it? Are there enough bloggers who know philosophy or religion? Would we have to invite people who don't blog? 3. Can anyone think of any good names for a philosophy of religion blog? I haven't spent much time thinking about it myself and probably won't be able to devote any time to working on this for a while, but it's good to get others' thoughts in advance.
Posted by Jeremy at May 10, 2004 12:00 PM
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Ew, I'm the wrong person to ask about (1) and (2), but I'll think of some smart-assed answers to (3) on the way home. Out the door...
Posted by: marksteen at May 10, 2004 6:16 PM
Well, I think it could work, but yeah it would probably help to have people who don't normally blog get it off the ground.
Posted by: Brian Weatherson at May 10, 2004 6:37 PM
By 'work' if you mean getting some of the best elder professionals in the field involved, that could be difficult (it's hard to imagine PVI, Plantinga, Alston blogging, but I could be wrong). But, as far as getting excited and good yunguns involved, I think it is definitely workable. As far as phil of religion bloggers, YOU would be the one to ask. But, from what I've seen, a lot of undergrads and grads blog about phil. of religion amongst other things, but none of them have an exclusive focus on it. But, if you banded them all together, they could double-post all their phil. of religion entries, and so you could have a rich phil of religion blog. This could be a good, low-pressure way to start it up.
Posted by: marksteen at May 10, 2004 9:15 PM
Mark,
I suppose you were thinking of a name like:
Philosophy Of Religion Network?
Posted by: Matthew at May 11, 2004 1:11 PM