Podcast appearances and mentions of Anthony B Pinn

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 13, 2025 is: secular • SEK-yuh-ler • adjective Secular describes things that are not spiritual; that is, they relate more to the physical world than the spiritual world. The word also carries the closely related meaning of "not religious." // Each year, Ian directed his charitable giving toward secular concerns like affordable housing and arts programming for teens. // In her autobiography, the actor mentions that her education in parochial school was not so different from that of secular institutions. See the entry > Examples: "[James] Baldwin eventually left the church, and, although he maintained some of the wonder he gained first in relationship to the theologizing of the church, his aims and orientation became more secular, more humanistic." — Anthony B. Pinn, The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers, 2024 Did you know? You don't need to be a material girl to know that we are living in a material world, but if you're lacking ways to describe our earthly existence, the adjective secular just might be your lucky star. Secular, which comes from the Latin noun saeculum (meaning, variously, "generation," "age," "century," and "world"), has been in vogue since at least the 13th century, at least when there has been a need to distinguish between the sacred and the profane. In some of its earliest uses, secular described clergy who lived "in the world" rather than in seclusion within a monastery. It wasn't that the papas didn't preach, so to speak, but that they did so in churches among the hoi polloi. From there, it took little time for people to express themselves using today's meanings, using secular to describe something related to worldly matters (as in "secular music" or "secular society") rather than something spiritual, or overtly and specifically religious, like a prayer.

This week, I was joined by Dr. Anthony Pinn to discuss his latest book, "The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers". Dr. Pinn is a former Baptist Minister who no longer identifies as a Christian or believer. Now, Pinn identifies as a Black Humanist and argues that Black Humanism is inherently Religious. We discuss the reason for his shift and some pretty sharp critiques that he has off the Church. Dr. Pinn walks me through his 6 pirnciples of Black Humanism then connects them to our everyday lives and the constant struggle for justice and human flouring. This was a deeply informative and moving conversation that has a lot to offer regardless of your religious identification or lack there of. Enjoy! RESOURCES: The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers (Book) Dr. Anthony B. Pinn *A special thanks to Josh Gilbert, Marty Fredrick, and Dan Koch. Love you guys

We celebrate the 96th birthday of the Broadway composer Charles Strouse, a lifelong atheist, by hearing the protest song he wrote for the musical "Golden Boy," "No More," sung by Sammy Davis Jr. We also reprise part of our 2009 interview with Strouse. Then we speak with Professor Anthony B. Pinn about his new book, The Black Practice of Disbelief: An Introduction to the Principles, History, and Communities of Black Nonbelievers.

Anthony B. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion at Rice University, founding director of the university's Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning and the inaugural director of the Center for African and African American Studies, a collaboration of the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences."Connections: Humanizing the Humanities" is a podcast produced by the Rice University School of Humanities and hosted by Jeffrey J. Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought, Associate Dean of Faculty and Graduate Studies, and author of The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge.

From Kanye West to Dr. Cornel West and the second coming of 2pac and Jesus, professor of Religious Studies, Anthony B. Pinn, "raps" with Jon and colin about the connections between Hip Hop and Religion. Pinn also speaks about the value of engaging community, resisting white supremacy and questions of agency, authority, and freedom.

When people say they don’t see color when it comes to race, is this actually a dangerous social lie that means people don’t have to be held accountable? Colorblindness is “premised upon problematic thinking that has framed race relations in the United States… [and is] based upon the assumption difference is a problem to solve, but in wiping out difference we allow whiteness to remain normative,” says Anthony B. Pinn, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, professor of religion and director of the Center for African and African American Studies. In this episode, Professor Pinn discusses the fallacy of colorblindness as an anti-racist solution, the sustainable changes hip hop has created for the Black community, and what the global Rice community can do to fight racial injustice.   

FFRF complains over the largest Christian cross in the country being depicted on government property in Effingham, Ill., and about the governor of Nebraska forcing his private religious views about abortion on the state. We parse some of the remarks President Trump made at a rally held in a Miami church. Then we hear professor and author Anthony B. Pinn talk about racism and religion and tell us why freethinkers should be concerned about social justice.

Hipolitix - 8pm EST www.blogtalkradio.com/hipolitix Join us tonight for a conversation with Anthony B. Pinn. Anthony received from Harvard University in 1994 and made his initial mark on the academy with Why, Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology  (1995), galvanizing Pinn as an African American humanist and solidifying African American humanism as an historic, non-theistic religious orientation for African Americans.  In this text, Pinn finds that black theologians have no evidence to support the notion that God is working on behalf of the oppressed, and any theological position that claims such is based on redemptive suffering theodicies that perpetuate African American suffering.  For Pinn, human liberation is more important than the maintenance of any religious symbol, including God.  Pinn offers African American humanism as a strategy for “liberation” that does not make black suffering virtuous.

The message was delivered on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Dr. Anthony Pinn, Guest Speaker. SERMON DESCRIPTION As promised, we have been bringing nationally renowned Humanist speakers to deliver the message at The Point in 2014-2015. After the message, stay tuned for open-floor questions and answers with Dr. Pinn. Please tell your friends who might be interested in a Humanist speaker and service. Dr. Anthony B. Pinn is a renowned humanist author, professor, and theologian. He is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University as well as the Founding Director of The Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning at Rice University. He is the author of 'Writing God’s Obituary: How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist' and 'Why, Lord?: Suffering and Evil in Black Theology,' amongst many other scholarly books, especially focusing upon African American Humanism. Through these works Pinn has highlighted the religious orientation of humanism as deeply rooted within black religion. Pinn has served in the leadership of the American Academy of Religion and is currently the Director of Research for the Institute for Humanist Studies Think Tank. To learn more about Dr. Pinn visit:  SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: VIEW ON YOUTUBE: SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH OTHER VIDEOS: GIVE A DONATION TO HELP US SPREAD THIS LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Twitter: All Souls Church Website:

Todd and Kim interview Humanist leader, professor and author Dr. Anthony B. Pinn.