In his third and final investigation into the science of belief, bestselling author Michael Shermer tackles the evolution of morality and ethics. A century and a half after Darwin first proposed an ‘evolutionary ethics,’ science has begun to tackle the roots of morality. Just as evolutionary biologists study why we are hungry (to motivate us […]
The world’s most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time–a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core […]
Human beings have the unique ability to view the world in a detached way: We can think about the world in terms that transcend our own experience or interest, and consider the world from a vantage point that is, in Nagel’s words, “nowhere in particular”. At the same time, each of us is a particular […]
This book attempts to guide people of all religious and nonreligious persuasions toward a genuine humanistic spirituality. The author writes, “Perhaps this is the soft underbelly of a book exposed to the modern world: to say that one can be happier and more valuable without a ‘beyond’ … that one can not only learn to […]
An honest account of a father’s loss and his plea for reconciliation, this book is also a definitive scholarly work on recovered memory therapy and is widely hailed by professional psychologists.
Subtitled: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome After almost three hundred years of persecution, Christianity made an astonishing breakthrough in 324, when Constantine the Great became the emperor of Rome. No longer fearing for their own suvival, Christians turned to the question of how to define what beliefs identified a […]
Fifty years after meeting the “spirit” of Dave Bowman aboard the abandoned Discovery and witnessing the fiery transformation of Jupiter into Earth’s second sun, 103-year-old Dr. Heywood Floyd boards the luxury spaceship Universe for the historic first landing on the surface of Halley’s Comet. At the same time, the Galaxy expedition sets out to probe […]
This classic work of recent philosophy was first published in 1968, and remains the most compelling and comprehensive statement of the view that the mind is material or physical. In A Materialist Theory of the Mind, D. M. Armstrong provided new insight into the debate surrounding the relationship of the mind and body. He put […]
Al-Qaeda: Brotherhood of Terror examines the network’s religious roots, its widespread organizational reach (including the U.S.), its complex political and religious agenda, and its terrifying tactics. The book includes a chilling account of life within al-Qaeda that comes in part from the testimony of members of the Bin Laden group, including Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl, who […]
e name: Sparta. Her beauty veils a mysterious past and abilities far surpassing those of a normal human being: Sparta is the first product of advanced biotech engineering. But crucial memories of the past three years are locked away in the dark recesses of her brain. Who is she really? Why is she here on […]
This collection of essays by one of the world’s best-known philosophers directly addresses the many and diverse aspects of this branch of humanist philosophy. Included in the author’s theses are “Fundamentals of Unbelief, ” “Defending Knowledge and Responsibility,” “Scientific Socialism, ” and “Freedom and Human Nature.”
Subtitled: How Anti-Environment Rhetoric Threatens Our Future The authors are angered by what they perceive as deliberate efforts to subvert media interest in pressing environmental issues. They suggest that the planet is in real peril from overpopulation, depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and loss of biodiversity, and that each of these threats is […]
As John Paul II’s papacy darws to a close, the Catholic Church, its policies, and its future are being scrutinized around the globe. The election of the next Pope will have a greater impact on world affairs than that of the next president of the United States – or the leader of any single nation. […]
Description Christ’s Ventriloquists is a work of investigative history. It documents and describes Christianity’s creation-event, in the year 49 or 50, in Antioch (present-day Antakya, Turkey), 20 years after Jesus had been crucified in Jerusalem for sedition against Roman rule. On this occasion, Paul broke away from the Jewish sect that Jesus had begun, and […]
Western philosophy and religion, James Rachels argues, have been shaken by the implications of Darwin’s work, most notably the controversial idea that humans are simply a more complex kind of animal. Here, Rachels assesses a number of studies that suggest how closely humans are linked to other primates in behavior, and then goes on to […]
Biologists have a dirty little secret: while practically everyone knows of The Origin of Species (and owes much to it), almost nobody has read it. British geneticist Steve Jones wants to make the arguments contained in that great text accessible to modern audiences, and succeeds with the delightful Darwin’s Ghost. Approximating the structure of Darwin’s […]
Religion has long played a central role in many social and political movements. Solidarity in Poland, anti-apartheid in South Africa, Operation Rescue in the United States–each of these movements is driven by the energy and sustained by the commitment of many individuals and organizations whose ideologies are shaped and powered by religious faith. In many […]
In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evidence for treasure seeking and folk magic in Joseph Smith’s formative years. Folk magic was not unusual for the times and is important in understanding how Mormons may have interpreted developments. Quinn’s impressive research […]
The premier historical Jesus authority and a brilliant archaeologist search the texts and stones of antiquity to offer the most complete picture of Jesus ever presented. Joining the best of biblical studies and archaeology John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan L. Reed dig down into the earliest layers of the Bible and the ancient world, focusing […]
Is religion inherently violent? If not, what provokes violence in the name of religion? Do we mischaracterize religion by focusing too much on its violent side? In this intriguing, original study of religious violence, Prof. Hector Avalos offers a new theory for the role of religion in violent conflicts. Starting with the premise that most […]
“This book provide the historical perspective on the Industrial Revolution that is lacking in Spengler’s book, above. Toffler correctly ascertains that the industrial Revolution is the first wave of a massive change in human society. The full effect of this change will be equivalent to the Agricultural Revolution of several thousand years ago. However, Toffler’s […]
Book Description Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology. In the meantime, science has sat on the sidelines and quietly watched this game of words march up and down the field. Despite the fact that science has revolutionized every aspect of human life and […]
Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy has been called the atheistic counterpart to The Chronicles of Narnia, and the successor to The Lord of the Rings. Pullman takes us to a world in which people’s souls walk along side them as shape-shifting animals, where witches and armored bears roam distant lands, and where the Church rules […]
It’s common to blame “human nature” for some of the unpleasant facts of life–road rage, say, or murder, or war. The problem with this convenient out, argues the distinguished scientist Paul Ehrlich, is that there really is no single human nature. Humans, it’s true, share a common genetic code with remarkably few large-scale differences (if […]
It was a journey of faith that led to a gift of liberation–from God… In Lieu of Heaven tells of two men’s quests for God. One man’s search takes him through the wilderness, following an inherited faith and the sanction of tradition. The other man has settled simply and comfortably in a secluded garden, having […]
Book Description Is there life after death? Belief in some form of afterlife has persisted nearly universally across cultures for thousands of years. But what of the empirical evidence for survival of bodily death? Has there been rigorous research into phenomena purported to provide evidence for survival after death, such as ‘past life memories,’ near-death […]
The Bible is a thick, imposing, often unreadable, damnedly religious book. Most people don’t have the time or the patience even to attempt reading it. But everyone knows they’re supposed to know what’s in the world’s most widely quoted book. To whom can you turn? Ken Smith, co-author of the best-selling Roadside America books, goes […]
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads–so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the white killer robots of Krikkit and their goal of total annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered space and time traveler, who […]
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