[ Recently Published Articles | Editor’s Choice | Featured Books | Categories ]
[ Author Index | Subject Index ]
Our selection of books and associated reviews. Each cover is an affiliate link to Amazon for purchase.
The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness
The word God does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. Kramnick and Moore remind us why it does not and also how efforts to insert it have been staved off. They take us back to radical Christian Roger Williams’ influential insistence upon a religiously neutral polity for Rhode Island and to the British roots of […]
The Illusion of Immortality
The Illusion of Immortality details the often ignored scientific evidence against life after death. Lamont first outlines different historical views of immortality, presents the scientific evidence from mind-brain dependence against the immortality of the soul, considers the problem of what an afterlife environment could possibly be like, and evaluates arguments that immortality must be guaranteed […]
The Last Three Minutes
Subtitled “Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe” from the Science Masters Series, Davies presents various alternatives for what happens when the universe reaches its final destiny. The only downside is that this book, dating from 1997, predates the recent discovery of facts tending to lead to the conclusion of a positive cosmological constant, […]
The Martian Way and Other Stories
Still thinking like an Earthling? Get out of your rut,open your mind – there’s a whole universe waiting. It’s waiting for peoplewho aren’t afraid of thinking in new ways, of doing new things. Can you imagine… …mining the skies for water?…building a new world beneath the surface of a strangeplanet?…making pets out of alien explorers?…putting […]
The Myth of Free Will
Book Description (Revised and Expanded Edition) Illuminating, uplifting and lighthearted, the second edition of The Myth of Free Will expands on the powerful ideas in the first edition by offering fifty additional pages of quotes and short essays on free will. The book strives to answer the question: “Who is saying we don’t have free […]
The Origin of Species
It’s hard to talk about The Origin of Species without making statements that seem overwrought and fulsome. But it’s true: this is indeed one of the most important and influential books ever written, and it is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable. To a certain extent it suffers […]
The Power of Logical Thinking
America has become a society devoid of any clear understanding of the power and logic of numbers. In this book, one of America’s most popular columnists offers a classic and enduring work intended to help readers restore the ability to reason, to use logic in everyday life, and to interpret what the numbers really mean.
The Resurrection of Jesus: History, Experience, Theology
How was Jesus seen? Was the tomb really empty and if so, what happened to the body? Gerd L’demann demonstrates that tradition as well as the evangelists themselves contributed substantially to the enlargement of the Easter story.
The Snark Puzzle Book
While walking on a hillside, an unusual line occurred to Lewis Carroll: “For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.” Carroll later incorporated the phrase into a complete work that became the best-known nonsense poem of all time: “The Hunting of the Snark.” What could be more of a delight to young readers? Here in […]
The Unconscious Quantum : Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology
The term “quantum” taken out of its original scientific context has become the mantra of a new metaphysics which purports to find a convergence between the picture of reality presented by physics and the world view of traditional Eastern mysticism. The Unconscious Quantum: Metaphysics In Modern Physics And Cosmology is a fascinating and accessible book […]
Think : A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Here at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for “anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them,” Think provides a sound framework for exploring the most basic themes of philosophy, and for understanding how major […]
Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior
No matter what we do, however kind or generous our deeds may seem, a hidden motive of selfishness lurks — or so science has claimed for years. This book, a detailed case study of scientific change, tells us differently. In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson demonstrate once and for all […]
What Is Atheism? A Short Introduction
Many questions and concerns arise when believers question the purpose and meaning they suspect is lacking in the lives of nonbelievers. Douglas Krueger contends that atheism is a powerful alternative to religion, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood because people harbor preconceived ideas about atheism. This concise introduction to the subject has […]
Why Christianity Must Change or Die
John Shelby Spong, Episcopal Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, argues that if Christianity is to survive in the modern age of science, it must shed some of its traditional beliefs. See why this book has traditional Christians in such a tizzy!
Wisdom Without Answers
Wisdom Without Answers is a simple yet profound introduction to philosophy ideal for those unfamiliar with philosophy. Rather than introducing the reader to a lot of complicated philosophical jargon, Kolak and Martin delve into several traditional philosophical problems in small separate chapters using a Socratic questioning style. This small book probes deep issues in a […]
1984
War is peace.Freedom is slavery.And Big Brother is watching… Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have become part of our national vocabulary because of George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, the story of one man’s nightmare odyssey through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but individual […]
A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse, and the Catholic Church
Over the past few years, a relentless crescendo of revelations about Catholic priests molesting children has riveted the nation’s attention and raised urgent, previously unthinkable questions: Just how widespread is child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy? Why hasn’t the Catholic church done more to stop it? In A Gospel of Shame, authors Elinor Burkett and […]
Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism
Abusing Science is a manual for intellectual self-defense, the most complete available for presenting the case against Creationist pseudo-science. It is also a lucid exposition of the nature and methods of genuine science. The book begins with a concise introduction to evolutionary theory for non-scientists and closes with a rebuttal of the charge that this […]
Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan
As the millennium approaches, there is renewed interest in Apocalyptic visions. Over the years, several groups, or cults have brought the idea of the Apocalypse into the media. In this important and timely work, Apocalypse Observed analyzes five of the most notorious cults of recent years. John R. Hall, along with Philip D. Schuyler and […]
Atheism Explained: From Folly to Philosophy
Book Description Atheism Explained explores the claims made both for and against the existence of God. On the pro side: that the wonders of the world can only be explained by an intelligent creator; that the universe had to start somewhere; telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and other paranormal phenomena demonstrate the existence of a spirit world; […]
Belief or Non-Belief? A Confrontation
“‘Belief or Nonbelief’ is a short but challengingbook, an exchange of letters between Umberto Eco, the Italian novelist and scholar, and Carlo Maria Martini, the Roman Catholic cardinal of Milan. A newspaper in Milan asked the two men to write to each other (and published the results) because they represent the believer and the nonbeliever, […]
Black Holes and Baby Universes
Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal million-copy hardcover best-seller A Brief History of Time. Bantam is proud to present the paperback edition of Dr. Hawking’s first new book since that event, a collection of fascinating and illuminating essays, and a remarkable interview broadcast by the BBC on […]
Challenging the Verdict: A Cross-Examination of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ
In the face of modern critical scholarship, which is steadily eroding the historical reliability of the Gospels and their presentation of Jesus, conservative writers have been making valiant attempts to reestablish confidence in the Christian record and doctrine. The most prominent of these, in popular exposure and commercial success, has been Lee Strobel, in his […]
Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Religion
This book comes highly recommended by our own Jeffery Jay Lowder, largely based on the reputation of the principal editor, Michael Peterson, as managing editor of the journal Faith and Philosophy, published by the Society of Christian Philosophers. This book is newly published, and offers an overview of the key debates in modern philosophy of […]
Darwin (Third Edition)
“The best Darwin anthology on the market” (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.
Dial-An-Atheist Greatest Hits from Ohio
This is a collection of short tape messages that were used on the author’s Dial-An-Atheist phone service over the span of a few years.
Drawing Out Leviathan: Dinosaurs and the Science Wars
For some years the “Science Wars” have raged in academe and in the press. Unlike the usual academic tempest in a teapot, the stakes in this controversy are high. The standing of science in our culture turns on the outcome. Will science continue to occupy a position of authority or will it be demoted to […]
Evangelicals at the Ballot Box
Evangelical Christians have fast become one of the most organized political power blocs of the decade. Who are these mainly Protestant, “born-again” voters and how have they changed the face of American politics? Evangelicals At The Ballot Box, veteran political analyst Albert Menendez’s ground-breaking study, reveals the voting patterns of various evangelical denominations to focus […]
Faith and Freedom: Religious Liberty in America
Former U.S. District Judge Marvin E. Frankel examines the most dramatic of the Supreme Court cases of the last half century concerned with the Constitutional right to religious freedom. The author “argues that the ‘wall of separation’ between church and state must be kept almost unbreachable if religious liberty is to be preserved.”
Freethought Across the Centuries
The freethought movement has long needed a solid textbook for academic and personal reading lists. A work that could supplement classroom and independent studies on the nature of religion and its historical role in the cultures, societies, and governments of human history, ancient and modern. Dr. Gerald Laure’s Freethought Across The Centuries is a wonderful […]
