Since its first publication in two volumes between 1926-28, this work has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our time. Spengler probes the origin and “fate” of our civilization, presenting a world view based on the cyclical rise and decline of cultures. Time magazine calls it “an […]
If there is a God, why is his existence not more obvious? The traditional answer is that God is hidden. However, as Schellenberg points out, an all-good or perfectly loving God would not remain hidden. Therefore, he argues, the fact that it is reasonable not to believe in God is evidence for atheism.
Is life meaningful without religion? Can one be moral and not believe in God? While many Americans believe that God is necessary to secure moral order, Paul Kurtz argues that it is quite possible for rationalists and freethinkers to lead exemplary lives. Embracing the Power of Humanism is a collection of essays organized into five […]
A riveting and utterly haunting book, this anthology of Camus’s short stories is not only my favorite of all his works, but it is one of the best books I have ever read. The underlying theme in each of his stories is exile, whether it be spiritual, physical, or mental. From the tale of the […]
James Randi is internationally known as a magician and escape artist. But for the past thirty-five years of his professional life, he has also been active as an investigator of the paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims that have impressed the thinking of the public for a generation: ESP, psychokinesis, psychic detectives, levitation, psychic surgery, UFOs, […]
Throughout history, people have reported seeing ghosts. But if we compare a Victorian apparition with a medieval European or Classical Greek ghost, we will find that they are a very different phenomena. In Ghosts: Appearances Of The Dead & Cultural Transformation, R. C. Finucane makes just such a comparison. Surveying reports of ghosts from ancient […]
“We non-believers have been taking it lying down, and what this country needs is a good hot religious war, with the pen, not the sword.” – Letter from George Sterling to H. L. Mencken (1926) Committed atheist S. T. Joshi takes up this long-dormant call to arms in this highly acerbic critique of the religious […]
This devastating account of the ecclesiastical career of Eugenio Pacelli (1876-1958), who became Pope Pius XII in 1939, is all the more powerful because British historian John Cornwell maintains throughout a measured though strongly critical tone. After World War II, murmurs of Pacelli’s callous indifference to the plight of Europe’s Jews began to be heard. […]
This remarkable anthology brings together a wide range of humanist thought from classical China, Greece, and Rome; the Renaissance and Enlightenment; and the nineteenth- and twentieth-century rationalist tradition. This book provides ample ammunition for those engaged in arguments with religionists as well as a sustenance for those wishing to reconsider their own attitudes toward life.
“This is the first book of a two book set. It gives the classical development of the field of quantum mechanics, and sets the stage for the second book, Schrodinger’s Kittens and the Search for Reality (which see).”
It Ain’t Necessarily So is a well-crafted book which recounts recent archaeological investigations in the Holy Land. It attempts to show how much or how little the archaeologists have found that matches the stories of the Old Testament. Bringing in history, archaeology, and new research, the author looks at such subjects as the truth behind […]
Description An eye-opening account of a groundswell religious movement determined to change America. Michelle Goldberg’s Kingdom Coming takes us on a journey through an America in the grips of a fevered religious radicalism: the America of our time. From the classroom to the megachurch to the federal court, Goldberg carefully demonstrates how the growing influence […]
Description Ronald Aronson has a mission: to demonstrate that a life without religion can be coherent, moral, and committed. In the last few years, the “New Atheists”—Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens—have created a stir by criticizing religion and belief in God. Optimistic and stirring, Living Without God is less interested in […]
When John Cave, a mortician by trade, appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Aided by a relentless public-relations campaign and supported by a “theology” whipped into existence by a historian besotted with love […]
This volume considers in depth and carefully a cluster of issues central to contemporary philosophical and social scientific investigation while utilizing methods and conceptualizations at the very cutting edge of philosophy.
Gale’s book is introduced as a critical response to the analytic arguments offered by Plantinga, Swinburne, Alston, and others. He begins by discussing several atheological arguments, which he uses to clarify the nature of God’s attributes instead of refuting God’s existence. He then proceeds to refute different versions of ontological, cosmological, religious-experience, and pragmatic arguments […]
Description Will there be a Rapture? Will Jesus return from heaven? Who is the Antichrist? Will all these things happen? They won’t, according to Robert M. Price. The great popularity of the Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins attests to the strong appeal of apocalyptic beliefs in many conservative Christian communities. As […]
A riveting science fiction classic of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Here is the compelling story of the launching of Prometheus, Earth’s first true spaceship, and of the men who made it happen.
Book Description Where do our rights come from? Does “natural law” really exist outside of what is written in constitutions and legal statutes? If so, why are rights not the same everywhere and in all eras? On the other hand, if rights are nothing more than the product of human law, why should we ever […]
A fascinating collection of stories about key firsts in science. Tells the stories of 35 of the most important firsts in the history of science. Reveals how these incredible minds ventured into previously unseen territory to satisfy their hunger for knowledge and, in doing so, changed the course of history. Throughout the history of science, […]
Harlan Ellison is undoubtedly one of the most audacious, infuriating, brazen characters on the planet. Which may help explain why he is also one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth. Slippage simply presents recent, typical Ellison. In a word, masterful. The 21 stories in this 1997 collection, which is encased in […]
Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to Mars. Michael is raised by Martians, and he arrives on Earth as a true innocent: he has never seen a woman and has no knowledge […]
The role of testimony in the getting of reliable belief or knowledge is a central but neglected epistemological issue. Western philosophical tradition has paid scant attention to the individual thinker’s reliance upon the word of others; yet this reliance is both extensive and often hidden from view. Professor Coady begins by exploring the nature and […]
Gilson approaches the religious right phenomenon through the lens of feminism. Along the way she tackles such questions as “What are family values?” and “Can right-wing family values fix social wrongs?” In her exploration of the roots of the religious right, Gilson also responds to the assumptions made in the religious right that families are […]
A darkly brilliant novel of self-discovery the cutting edge of experimental fiction. It leads from nowhere to nowhere, the mysterious world-spanning structure on which everyone seems to live. Rescued from the sea, devoid of personality or memory, all John Orr knows is the Bridge, his persistent dreams of war, and his desire for Chief Engineer […]
Based on the author’s seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how “civilizations” have replaced nations and ideologies […]
In the Dunwiches of the world the old ways linger. Safely distant from bustling cities, ignorant of science, ignored by civilization, dull enough never to excite others, poor enough never to provoke envy, these are safe harbours for superstition and seemingly meaningless custom. Sometimes also they shelter truths that have seeped invisibly across the centuries. […]
Evolution is a fact: of that there can be no dispute. But, writes Richard Morris in this lively overview of modern biology, scientists have been arguing about most other aspects of Darwinian thought for generations, and the battle is growing ever fiercer with the advent of “evolutionary psychology” and other new approaches. Following the biologist […]
Is the creation story in Genesis nothing more than a botched version of Babylonian myth? Are the Jesuits really educated men? In these three classic essays — “The Forgery of the Old Testament,” “The Myth of Immortality,” and “The Lies of Religious Literature” — Joseph McCabe (1867 – 1955), ex-priest and the “world’s greatest scholar,” […]
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