I've
been an unbeliever for most of my life. Some of the terms I've used
to describe myself and others like me: atheist, agnostic, secular
humanist, freethinker, infidel, pagan, rationalist.
I've
written for the secular humanist press since 1974, when my first
article appeared in The Freethinker
(London). My most
extensive writing on the topic is my 1998 book, A Freethinker's
Primer of Male Love
(described in the Pagan Press website).
This
section has a few of my freethought/humanist writings, and will be
expanded.
•
Homosexuality,
Intolerance, and Christianity: A Critical Examination of John
Boswell's Work. On 14
September 1980, shortly after the
publication of John Boswell's book Christianity,
Social Tolerance,
and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of
the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century, the New York Gay
Academic Union convened a forum to discuss and examine his work. The
speakers at the forum — entitled “Sex and the Medieval
Church” - were Wayne R. Dynes, Warren Johansson and John
Lauritsen. The three talks, along with a substantial annotated
bibliography of reviews of Boswell's book, a new preface, and
biographical notes on the authors, are now on the Pink Triangle Trust
web site. To read these click here.
•
The Boswell Thesis
is a review I wrote for the Gay Humanist
Quarterly of a book
edited by Mathew Kuefler, The
Boswell Thesis: Essays on
Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality. To read it
click here.
•
A Place at the Table for
Humanists is a mini-sermon I delivered at the Unitarian
Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown, 7 March 1999. To read it
click here.
•
The Greek Spirit is
a sermon I delivered when I conducted the service at the UU Meeting
House in Provincetown on 23 May 1999. To read it click here.
•
Gay Liberation and
Humanism HDS is a talk I gave on the panel, “Staying and
Leaving: Responses to the Fear in Our Traditions”, at the
Harvard Divinity School, Gay Conference, 23 April 1999. To read it
click here.
• Gay Liberation
and Humanism URI is a longer version of the preceding. It was
delivered on 24 March 2000 at the Sixth Annual Symposium on Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues at the University of Rhode
Island. To read it click here.
•
Socrates and the Ladder
of Love is a sermon I delivered at the UU Meeting House,
Provincetown, 9 September 2001. To read it click here.
• Debunking the Mary
Shelley Myth — discussing the
authorship thesis of my new book, The Man Who Wrote
Frankenstein — was
published in the Spring 2007 issue of the Gay & Lesbian
Humanist. To read it click here.
•
Recovery without
Religiosity: Atheists and agnostics can enjoy good sobriety in
the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous without sacrificing their
principles. To learn more click here.
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