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Integral Dialogue

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Raimon Panikkar vs. The New Atheists: The Ultimate Smackdown


 ...  ... In honor of Fr. Panikkar's recent passing , I am resurrecting an old blog on his work that I wrote several years ago.  I wrote the blog in the context of an ongoing blogosphere debate, at the time, around the work of the so-called New Atheists and the role and... Read More

Steps Toward Integral Deep Dialogue (Part 2)


 ... Contemplative Dialogue...  ... The process of interfaith dialogue described in part one of this essay can be understood as a particular expression of a larger experiment that has been taking place over the past several decades:  the exploration of various forms of... Read More

Steps Towards Integral Deep Dialogue (Part 1)


With the recent discussion on Integral Communication that has been developing this week, I decided to resurrect a blog I posted over on the Zaadz/Gaia website last year.  I will post the second part to this shortly...  ...  ...   Roots of Deep Dialogue...... Read More

Raimon Panikkar and the New Atheists


Several months ago, reflecting on the discussions about the New Atheists I've been involved in with members of he Gaia website (especially Julian and with Hokai ), and thinking back also on my earlier blog series on intersubjectivity and Integral deep dialogue , I decided it was time to... Read More