David Chivers
David Chivers is a former administrative judge who now practices law in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He serves as a board member of the Humanist Legal Society and is a humanist celebrant with the Humanist Society.
Posts by David Chivers
The Coming Good Society
BY WILLIAM F. SCHULZ AND SUSHMA RAMAN HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020 Civilization is undergoing tremendous technological change. Computers and the internet have opened huge... Read More
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
BY BRIAN GREENE KNOPF, 2020 It doesn’t get much more ambitious than this. In Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search... Read More
Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914
BY NATHAN G. ALEXANDER NYU PRESS, 2019 Nathan G. Alexander’s Race in a Godless World: Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914 is a better book... Read More
Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt
BY ALEX RYRIE BELKNAP PRESS 272 PP.; $27.95 In his book Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt, author Alec Ryrie, a professor of the... Read More
The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
BY ANDREW SEIDEL STERLING, 2019 352 PP.; $24.95 The first thing I’ll say about Andrew Seidel’s The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American... Read More
This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
BY MARTIN HAGGLUND PANTHEON, 2019 464 PP.; $29.95 While a life without belief in a god is often discussed these days, less examined is... Read More
Uncle George & Me: Two Southern Families Confront a Shared Legacy of Slavery
BY BILL SIZEMORE BRANDYLANE PUBLISHERS, 2018 158 PP.; $18.95 Bill Sizemore has written a little gem of a book. In Uncle George & Me:... Read More