Book Review: Faithonomics An Economic Case for Jefferson’s Wall
Torkel Brekke’s Faithonomics: Religion and the Free Market is a solid attempt to frame the role religion plays in societies around the world through the language of economics. The attempt itself is laudable, if only... Read More
Book Review: Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution
BOOK BY JONATHAN TWEET; ILLUSTRATED BY KAREN LEWIS FEIWEL & FRIENDS, 2016 40PP.; $17.99 Simply written and delightfully illustrated, Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution would be a great gift for the preschooler... Read More
Book Review: Hitler’s Religion
BOOK BY RICHARD WEIKART REGNERY, 2016 352 PP. In The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick's dystopian tale of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan conquering America, a supremely rational Japanese diplomat listens... Read More
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