Isaac Asimov and “The Last Trump”

Published in 1957, Earth is Room Enough is a collection of short stories by America's greatest science fiction writer and former president of the American Humanist Association, Isaac Asimov. This is no arbitrary collection. A... Read More
Staff Picks: Summer Beach Reads

Summer is here! Whether you’re planning to plop down with a good book on the beach, in a park, or even on your couch, here are some recommendations for great summer reads from TheHumanist.com staff.... Read More
EXCERPT: A Religion Called Love

Adored by her twenty young students, Kathryn James is a young kindergarten teacher whose good intentions were never meant to be controversial—yet controversy follows her at school and home, even posthumously, when a manuscript titled... Read More
The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World’s Most Notorious Atheist

BOOK BY LARRY A. TAUNTON THOMAS NELSON, 2016 224 PP.; $24.99 (KINDLE $12.99) What would it take to convince you that prolific atheist Christopher Hitchens, toward the end of his life, had doubts about his... Read More
Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age

BOOK BY KATHERINE OZMENT HARPER WAVE, 2016 320 PP.; $25.99 With ample statistics, concise historical references, and reliance on social research, Katherine Ozment sets the stage in her recently published book, Grace Without God, for... Read More
The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life

BOOK BY GRETA CHRISTINA PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2016 223 PP.; $14.95 (KINDLE $7.99) Greta Christina is a widely known atheist who has written extensively for secular publications, blogs, and websites. Her latest book, The Way of... Read More
Book Review: Zero K by Don DeLillo

The unrelenting theme of Don DeLillo’s literary corpus has been life after death—in particular, the theories of life people develop in reaction to the knowledge that they’ll one day die. In White Noise, a husband and wife... Read More