For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World

BY SASHA SAGAN G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 2019 Life is worth celebrating and we should take the time to celebrate family, friendships, ourselves, milestones, and the wonders of the universe. This is the message of Sasha... 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 than its title, however accurate, might indicate. Well written and informative,... Read More
Book Review: The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter’s Journey to Reconciliation

BY PEGGY WALLACE KENNEDY BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, DECEMBER 2019 304PP., $28.00 George Wallace, four-term governor of Alabama and three-time presidential candidate, relished hypocrisy. He relished it in himself and in his enemies. And nothing made his... Read More
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

BY KATHERINE STEWART BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, 2020 352 PP.; $28.00 The mainstream media depicts the religious right as a monolithic group of evangelicals focused on cultural issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. In this telling, as... 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 history of Christianity at Durham University in England, sets out to... Read More
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison

EDITED BY JOHN F. CALLAHAN AND MARC C. CONNER RANDOM HOUSE, 2019 1060 PP.; $50.00 Reviewing a collection of letters by a writer can be a tricky business. The style, themes, and insights that distinguish... Read More
Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide

BY RICHARD DAWKINS RANDOM HOUSE, 2019 304PP., $27.00 Richard Dawkins was raised Christian, attended Christian schools, and was confirmed in the Church of England when he was thirteen years old. Yet, by the age of... Read More