Content by Isaac Alderman, PhD
Isaac M. Alderman is an adjunct faculty member at Johnson and Wales University, where he teaches humanities courses. As an adjunct, he has taught for Wake Forest Divinity, Baruch, Catholic, and St. Thomas. He holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America, and his research interests include cognitive science of religion and Terror Management Theory, and interdisciplinary approaches to ancient texts. He is founding co-editor of the interdisciplinary journal Avar. He lives in Providence, RI.
The Animal at Unease With Itself
How are Genesis 2 and 3 are crafted to deal with the stress of human awareness of its own creatureliness and mortality?
Why Do I Get Nervous Tweeting a Fact?
Topics such as human evolution and climate change are of interest to me – but the very act of tweeting about them comes across as politically or religiously motivated.
Thinking Ecologically – 10,000 Years Down the Road
How might thinking in a “Godly time-frame” help us take more urgent action about issues affecting us right now?
What If We Stopped Fanning the Flames?
This interview between Isaac Alderman and Chris Cotter highlights the aspects of the science/religion debate that are particular to America.