Religion & experience
Religious pluralism, mystical experience, and dialogue across traditions.
Jonathan WeidenbaumThe questions
The questions
we live with.
Philosophy of religion, ethics, and humor in conversation with the experience of being human.
01 / Introduction
A life of inquiry,
across disciplines.
Jonathan Weidenbaum’s work crosses philosophy of religion, American philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of humor. His writing returns to questions of meaning, embodiment, identity, and how people live with one another across differences.
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Ideas in conversation
His curriculum vitae names these fields of specialization. The publications show how they meet in particular questions and texts.
Ethics & embodiment
Philosophical and biomedical ethics alongside questions of the self, perception, and lived experience.
American philosophy & humor
William James, John Dewey, and the place of laughter in philosophical and religious life.
03 / From the writings
To Laugh in a
Pluralistic Universe
From the title of a 2020 chapter on William James and the philosophy of humor, listed in Weidenbaum’s CV.
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Light and shadow / An architectural study04 / TeachingPhilosophy in
Philosophy in
the classroom.
Weidenbaum’s CV records teaching across ethics, world religions, philosophy, bioethics, medical humanities, and health care ethics. It lists a full-time appointment at Berkeley College beginning in 2005 and teaching at St. John’s University beginning in 2021.
The CV records Berkeley College awards for teaching and service in 2007, 2018, and 2021.
More about his work ↗05 / The archive
Follow the work.
Explore a working catalog of 32 distinct writings, with publication context, source links, and visible review notes.
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