Category Archives: Book Reviews

Shameless plug!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Custador

I’d have put this in the forum if it was up (or more likely Ty would), but in its absence I’m posting it here. For those who don’t know, regular contributor Ty is on the fast-track to literary super-stardom after … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Science Fiction | 23 Comments

Loftus' "The End of Christianity"

Posted on July 27, 2011 by vorjack

The End of Christianity by John Loftus (not to be confused with William Dembski’s The End of Christianity) is a collection of counter-apologetic essays which follows his previous collection, The Christian Delusion and his autobiography Why I Became an Atheist. … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Book Reviews, Christianity | 5 Comments

American Renegades

Posted on March 14, 2011 by vorjack

From A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell, who was recently interviewed by Reason.com. But what the Founding Fathers called corruption, depravity, venality, and vice, many of us would call freedom. During the War of Independence, deference … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, History, Morality, Quotes | 3 Comments

God's Lunatics

Posted on September 29, 2010 by thegirlcanwrite

by Lorette C. Luzajic Those of you who enjoy reading my Pillars of Faith column may like Michael Largo’s book, God’s Lunatics, even more (Harper Collins, 2010). My columns offer a brief sketch of revered Christian leaders- the unflattering stuff … Continue reading →

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UFOs, Ghosts and a Rising God

Posted on May 20, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Atheism and skepticism are siblings. They’ve been close at least since Paul Kurtz founded both CSICOP and the Council for Secular Humanism. But like all siblings they don’t always get along, and they frequently to go off in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, History | 35 Comments

Why Are Americans So Credulous About Heaven?

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Daniel Florien

Johann Hari reviews Lisa Miller’s Heaven: In Heaven, Newsweek’s religion correspondent, Lisa Miller, has written a fascinating millenniums-long history of the idea of heaven, spliced with some surprisingly mediocre reporting on present-day believers. At its core is a (very politely … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Death | 43 Comments

Life Among Conservative Christian Homeschoolers (Part 2)

Posted on October 2, 2009 by vorjack

By Vorjack This is a continuation of my review for Robert Kunzman’s Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling. Getting Testy about Testing For an atheist who’s only experience with Christian home-schooling is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Book Reviews, Education | 62 Comments

Life Among Conservative Christian Homeschoolers (Pt 1)

Posted on September 30, 2009 by vorjack

By Vorjack My mother recently admitted to me that if she had it to do over again, I would have been home-schooled. This was a shock, since my mother recently retired after 40 years of being a middle school science … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Book Reviews, Education | 26 Comments

The Uncertain Believer

Posted on September 3, 2009 by vorjack

by VorJack There’s a story that comes down to us from ancient Rome, during the period in which Hannibal Barca was ravaging Italy. Legend has it that the Roman dictator Fabius Cunctator (“Fabius the Delayer”) built a number of temples … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, God, Science | 9 Comments

All My Bones Shake

Posted on August 25, 2009 by vorjack

by Vorjack I first became aware of Robert Jensen’s work when his essay about rejoining the Methodist Church appeared on Killing the Buddha. Jensen is basically an atheist and a naturalist, but he had been invited to speak before a … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Book Reviews, Books, Christianity | 28 Comments