Book Excerpt: Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
Excerpted from Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation by Greg M. Epstein. Reprinted with permission from The MIT Press. Copyright 2024. One could write... Read More
In the Freethinker’s Foxhole with Author Eric R. Carlson
“There are no atheists in foxholes” is a military adage and common misconception that people will always turn to a supernatural higher power when faced with extreme fear or stress. As the Military Association of... Read More
Book Review: Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation
BOOK BY BRENDA WINEAPPLE RANDOM HOUSE, 2024 “It’s all about the fabulous monkey trial that rocked America!” That was the slogan on the poster of the 1960 film Inherit the Wind, but it describes Keeping... Read More
We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too)
BOOK BY KATE COHEN DAVID R. GODINE, PUBLISHER, 2023 While reading Kate Cohen’s We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too), I found myself nodding. A lot. I also caught... Read More
Don’t Be Mean to 13
BOOK BY DOUGLAS HARRIS LABEL FREE PUBLISHING, 2023 While helping his daughter Elle write Elle the Humanist (a child’s story about being nonreligious and confidently sharing your beliefs and values with friends), Doug Harris read... Read More
Staff Picks: Our Favorite Banned & Challenged Books
Banned Books Week this year is October 1-7. The annual event, managed by the American Library Association (ALA), “highlights the value of free and open expression.” The week is designed to bring national attention to... Read More
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
BOOK BY SARAH BAKEWELL PENGUIN PRESS, 2023 In her latest book, Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope—out this year from Penguin Press—Sarah Bakewell jumps right in on the first page... Read More