Books

Aug 22, 2018

‘Confessions of a Philosopher’ by Bryan Magee (book review)

Bryan Magee is probably my favourite philosopher, if not of all time then certainly of those who have lived and worked during my lifetime. The book I’m reviewing here is Magee’s autobiography, and was first published in 1997, though he has gone on to write many more books and I believe he is still writing Continue reading

Book Reviews, Philosophy

autobiography, book review, Bryan Magee, Confessions of a Philosopher, Great philosophers, metaphysics, Oxford, philosophy books, religion, Yale
May 17, 2018

What is Causing our Thoughts?

Let us examine closely what thought is, and let us try to decipher what it is that causes thoughts to arise in our minds. Continue reading

Book Extracts

brain, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, neuroscience, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 11, 2018

Encountering a Cult

George’s memorial service drew to a close and an old school friend, Chris Jenkins, offered me a lift back to the home of George’s family for the reception. Twenty minutes or so later we pulled up and parked a couple of streets along from the house, got out of the car, and began walking up Continue reading

Book Extracts, Spirituality

Christianity, cult, enlightenment, faith, India, meditation, Philosophy, Ratu Bagus, religion, shaking meditation, The Philosophy of a Mad Man, Theology
Mar 22, 2018

The Cosmic Animator

Wherever there is activity in the universe, there must be a power that is causing that activity. Even scientists, who are very successful in describing how things happen, generally agree they cannot say why things happen. This is because there is an all-powerful cause of everything that happens. This cause is not a scientific law Continue reading

Book Extracts, God

Books, faith, Free Will, God Beyond Religion, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, steven colborne, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Jan 12, 2018

The Aseity of God

My greatest fascination in this life is with the area of theology known as ‘divine ontology’ — the nature of God’s being. I actually feel quite excited whenever I direct my attention towards this subject area and ponder the immensity of the universe and what this indicates in relation to its creator. Perhaps the one Continue reading

Book Extracts

aseity, Christianity, Doctrine, faith, God, metaphysics, ontology, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Dec 18, 2017

‘A Chosen Faith’ by Buehrens and Church (book review)

This book is an introduction to Unitarian Universalism. I’m always interested to investigate different religions, and I know an Anglican minister who recently left the Church of England to join a Unitarian church, so this (among other things) sparked my interest and I decided to buy an introductory book about the movement. Unitarianism refers to Continue reading

Book Reviews, Christianity, Doctrine, God

A Chosen Faith, Books, church, comparative religion, faith, religion, Theology, Unitarian church, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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Books

‘Confessions of a Philosopher’ by Bryan Magee (book review)

What is Causing our Thoughts?

Encountering a Cult

The Cosmic Animator

The Aseity of God

‘A Chosen Faith’ by Buehrens and Church (book review)

About Me

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