The Comics Section: Spiritual But Not Religious, Original Sin, For North Carolinians
New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!
Hope Is What Remains Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart has long explored humanistic themes
April marks the fortieth anniversary of the release of Rush’s album 2112, described by Rolling Stone as the band’s “prog-rock magnum opus” and by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson as their “protest album.” It was reported... 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
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 37 The Ascent of a Man: How Robert Darwin's Diffuse Son Became Charles Darwin (Part I)
View all episodes of the Cartoon History of Humanism or click here to read Part II in this series. The Ascent of a Man: How Robert Darwin's Diffuse Son Became Charles Darwin Nature is a... 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
Answer Me
Tell me about the vines of leaves crawling this brick wall. Explain by way of calculus their seasonal change— I want to know, too, a formula for counting the uncountable leaves and one more especially... 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