Secularism

  • Read more: Religion, Health, and Medicine: the Dialectic of Embedded Social Systems
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    Religion, Health, and Medicine: the Dialectic of Embedded Social Systems

    By Yusuf Lenfest The philosopher in me understands that there are universal principles in logic, mathematics, and in basic scientific tenets such as the law of gravity. Be that as it may, the historian in me recognizes that we inherit epistemologies and ways of thinking from those before us, and from our own historical and…

  • Read more: Medicine and Ethics: Religious or Secular?
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    Medicine and Ethics: Religious or Secular?

    By Yusuf Lenfest There is no lack of controversy when talking about religion and medicine in America today. Medicine is studied, practiced, and firmly rooted in the corporal world while religion draws inspiration from texts, traditions, and the incorporeal. Yet from an historical perspective, religious pasts do shape the present, particularly in the realm of…