Oh God though not exactly

Sean D. Kelly wrote a column for The Stone, the New York Times' series by modern philosophers recently called "Navigating Past Nihilism."  It was the first time I'd heard of Kelly who is the chair of the philosophy department at Harvard and the first time I'd read anything he'd written.  He is engaged in a most important journey of exploration, I think.  He is moving past conventional religion, past Enlightenment scientific approaches, past the battering wars of atheists vs. more traditional types, past the emptiness of our modern culture to bring us into touch with the mysterious and sacred in existence by moving us outside our current ruts and well-worn paths which often seem to lead to dead ends.  He has a blog here.  He is a guiding light and a current in my own recent forays into trying to come to terms with my existence (and existence in general). Weirdly and wonderfully, he has a background in a number of modern fields which give him a big palette to work with.  With Hubert Dreyfus, he has written a book, All Things Shining, which is due out in January of 2011.  I am looking forward to it and hope it is on Kindle!