Writing / Media

The public platform is new. The intellectual background is not.

Rodney’s current books and Incandescence work mark the beginning of a larger public chapter rather than a manufactured retrospective of media appearances.

Short bio

Rodney Ashfield

Rodney Ashfield is a Canadian author, entrepreneur and creator of Sacred Ideas in Our Material Universe and the Incandescence Initiative. Educated in psychology, religious studies and philosophy, with later professional education in acquired brain injury rehabilitation and pedorthics, he writes about religion, consciousness, meaning and sacred life in a material universe.

Rodney Ashfield, Canadian author and creator of Sacred Ideas in Our Material Universe

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Good conversation topics

Religion after certainty · Incandescence · God or Nature · AI and consciousness · sacredness without supernaturalism · Christianity after certainty · modern meaning · the future of religiosity.

Earlier speaking

Earlier presentations included a disability-oriented conference in Hawaii on distance education, community and religious audiences, and talks on a diverse range of subjects. Much of this work predates today’s online media environment.

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