Clifford Williams

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

Trinity College of Trinity International University

Deerfield, Illinois 60015

cwilliam at trin dot edu


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 ON DEATH AND THE MEANING OF LIFE:

The Denial of Death: Ernest Becker

Chasing the Wind: A Dialogue on Meaning and Illusion

"I Am on Hospice, Dying" by LeAnn Michelle Johns

Blog on death and the meaning of life 

Boredom, Death, and the Meaning of Life, Cambridge University Press Blog  


ON SUICIDE:


STORIES

ON BEING A COLLEGE PROFESSOR:


A FEW DIARIES ON TEACHING:

 Appointed role players

 Extracurricular teaching

 A class on the problem of evil


 SOME ARTICLES:

"Moral Beauty," Spirituality Today, 42 (Spring 1990), 4-14

"Peacemaking and the Just War Theory," Sacred Tribes Journal, 4 (Fall 2009), 95-112

"Is Christianity Reasonable?" Pulpit Digest (September/October, 1994), 68-74

"Pretending, Self-Justification, and Grace," in James Cox, ed., Best Sermons 4 (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991), 258-263

"When Mercy Hurts," Christianity Today (February 3, 1989), 16-19 Also here.

"Vulnerable People—Victims Forever," The Marian Helpers Bulletin (October – December 1984), 21


VIRTUES AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS:

Pride and Vainglory, Envy, Anger

Lust, Gluttony

Greed, Sloth

Psychological Generosity, Romantic Love, Patience, Forgivingness

Humility, Contrition, Joy, Gratitude

Hope, Emotional Peace, Compassion

Personal Virtues: Introductory Essays (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005)


FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM:

Free Will and Determinism: A Dialogue (Hackett, 1980)

Determinism, God, Evil, and the Meaning of Life: A Dialogue


MISCELLANEOUS:

Some Good Books

Renewing the Mind, Academia.edu

Debate: Does Life after Death Require Dualism?

       Yes: Kieth Yandell   

       No: Clifford Williams

My Last Day: An Experiment in Deathwatching

500 Little Sayings on Life, Death, and Everything Else  

A Report from One Who Has Been Grieving the Death of His Spouse


CORNERSTONE TALKS:

But What About Me? Ernest Becker and Immortality Projects

But What About Me? Friedrich Nietzsche and the Underhanded Pursuit of Heroism

But What About Me? Soren Kierkegaard and the Pursuit of Greatness

The Denial of Death: Ernest Becker

Existential Apologetics

Freud for Christians

Kierkegaard and Crowd Christianity

Kierkegaard and Purity of Heart

Nietzsche for Christians 1

Nietzsche for Christians 2

Nietzsche for Christians 3

Nietzsche for Christians 4

Pascal

The Seven Deadly Sins

The Wisdom of Kierkegaard 1

The Wisdom of Kierkegaard 2


ADVENTURES AND STORIES:

Lighthearted:

Bubbling

Train Party

The Cuban Cigar

Knife Day

The Big But

 Serious:

A Rural Mexican Funeral

Saved from Suicide

A Conversion

Singing at an Anti-KKK Rally

Homeless for a Day

Death Row Encounter

 Tragic:

Remembering Stephanie

Killed in a Fiery Crash

 A little unusual:

Hit by a Goose

Dragged along the Hallway

Taped to the Wall

A Loose Squirrel

 This and that:

Dancing

In a Wheelchair

Caving

In Students' Dreams

Seasick in a Mexican Kayak

The Flying Belt


HOBO STUFF:

Hobo songs

Hobo poetry

One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes (Indiana University Press, 2003)


MORE MISCELLANEOUS:

Two poems

How to do a nonsexist wedding

The Delights of Married Love: A Wedding Meditation


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