Human, Not Object: Feminist and Humanist Messages in Jessica Valenti’s Sex Object

In the introduction to her latest book, Sex Object, feminist activist and 2014 recipient of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Heroine award Jessica Valenti acknowledges that the title is controversial. The book is a memoir... Read More
Book Review: The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment by Dale Debakcsy

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 humor comes from its contradictory nature. As a child, our... Read More
Book Review: What the Bible Really Does (and Doesn’t) Say about Sex by Matthew O’Neil

With the religious right constantly harping about the declining sexual morals of our country and our failure to live up to the Biblical standards set by God, one might wonder just what the Bible does... Read More
Book Review: Jesus before the Gospels by Bart Ehrman

Having now written a dozen books, University of North Carolina Religious Studies Professor Bart Ehrman has long been a mainstay in the research and exploration of early Christian history. He has used those tools of... Read More
What do the Holy Bible, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Captain Underpants have in Common?

It looks like the Bible won’t become the official book of Tennessee, after Gov. Bill Haslam vetoed a bill last Thursday that would have made Christianity’s sacred book the top tome of the Volunteer State. Incidentally,... Read More
Book of Numbers

BOOK BY JOSHUA COHEN RANDOM HOUSE, 2015 580 PP.; $28.00 Midway through Joshua Cohen’s latest novel, Book of Numbers, a man unsuccessfully searches online to find the object of his affection: an abaya-wearing woman with... Read More
The Evolution of Everything and Ultrasociety

THE EVOLUTION OF EVERYTHING BOOK BY MATT RIDLEY HARPER, 2015 368 PP.; $28.99 ULTRASOCIETY BOOK BY PETER TURCHIN BERESTA BOOKS, 2015 272 PP.; $18.95 Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, and their followers have given us a... Read More