Frank BreslinTeaching the Bible as Secular Text in Public High SchoolPreliminary Observations2d ago12d ago1
Frank BreslinAnything That Awakens Pity is DangerousThe Desert Fathers of the 3rd and 4th centuries CE lived alone in their caves and hovels in the Egyptian wilderness and began to have…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinWelcome to the White Supremacist GospelWhat if your race had known only tragedy throughout America’s history? What if your people had been enslaved, persecuted, lynched, and…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinAmerica, a Living Hell for Non-WhitesOnce upon a time over the portals of the fabled Library of Alexandria were chiseled these words: “The Hospital for the Soul.” This majestic…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinHow Your Race, Education, and Social Class Affect Your ThinkingRace/Ethnicity: To what extent does your race do your thinking for you? What if your people had known only tragedy and injustice throughout…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinWhy Books Can Be Dangerous: Part 2It’s always good to step outside the 21st-century English-speaking world to see ourselves in perspective by visiting other cultures and…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinWhy Books Can Be Dangerous: Part 1Reading is another way of escaping the Cave of our culture, especially literature from the past. Times-gone-by and places-far-away will no…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinIf you’re the kind of student who gives a quiet chuckle every time someone tells you that they have…But be forewarned! If you come looking for other “answers,” you won’t find them in a philosophy course, which is not about answers that…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinExtensive travel makes us wise, less judgmental, more open-minded and tolerant.Travel can change us — if we want to be changed — by taking leave of our comfort zone. Travel abroad is more than “taking in the sights,”…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinReading for oxygen in a claustrophobic worldReading Shakespeare, the Greeks, and the classics; reading for life-wisdom, nourishment, guidance and growth; reading to save one’s soul…6d ago6d ago