A Secular Jesus Follower Confesses
In his capacity as a contributing columnist for USA Today, Tom Krattenmaker regularly reports on Christianity from a secular perspective. Presently, he serves as the director of communications for Yale Divinity School and is on... Read More
Let’s Talk about Banned Books: Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi is Powerful and Problematic
I’ve always been fascinated by banned books week. My passion for defending the freedom of speech and expression aside, I’ve always viewed lists of banned books as reading recommendations, my attitude being that anything controversial... Read More
Book Review: Utopia is Creepy
BOOK BY NICHOLAS CARR Nicholas Carr’s Utopia is Creepy: and Other Provocations has so many great zingers in it that it’s a shame one can’t simply pull a thousand words’ worth of quotes from the book and... Read More
Book Review: The Secular Activist
BOOK BY DAN AREL PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2016 144 PP. When Kentucky’s tourism board approved an $18 million tax incentive for Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter theme park and exhibit, many gawked. None more than Dan Arel,... Read More
Book Review: Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto
BOOK BY LESLEY HAZELTON RIVERHEAD BOOKS, 2016 224 PP. If you want to get a spirited argument started among atheists, ask how we like to be identified—atheist, freethinker, skeptic, humanist, secular, bright—some will embrace all... Read More
Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
BOOK BY STEPHEN S. COHEN AND J. BRADFORD DELONG HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS, 2016 240 PP.; $28.00 Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy, by Stephen S. Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong,... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment
BOOK BY DALE DEBAKCSY HUMANIST PRESS, 2016 122 PP.; $24.99 The conceit from which The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment launches is as funny as it is paradoxical. In fact, its... Read More