Exploring lived atheism in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, this book offers a unique insight into India s rapidly transforming multi-religious society.
Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology.
An Atheist's Letters to Heaven is for seekers of truth and anyone interested in being acquainted with the Christian perspective on modern controversies hotly debated in the media, press, academia, and beyond.
The forgotten story of the nineteenth-century freethinkers and twentieth-century humanists who tried to build their own secular religionIn The Church of Saint Thomas Paine, Leigh Eric Schmidt tells the surprising story of how freethinking liberals in nineteenth-century America promoted a secular religion of humanity centered on the deistic revolutionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809) and how their descendants eventually became embroiled in the culture wars of the late twentieth century.
In this provocative book one of the most brilliant scholars of religion today dismantles distorted religious “histories” offered up by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and other contemporary critics of religion and advocates of atheism.
Funerals are among the most important life events in Western society, and fashioning a personalized ceremony for yourself or for a loved one is often the most meaningful way to celebrate the life of the deceased.
"e;Few are agnostic about atheism and agnosticism; this eloquent, wide-ranging volume should appeal to many, as well as supporting recent academic interest in its subject.
This fresh, comprehensive study of ancient Greek atheism aims to dismantle the current consensus that atheism was 'unthinkable' in ancient Greece, demonstrating instead that atheism was not only thinkable but inextricably embedded in the Greek religious environment.
This fresh, comprehensive study of ancient Greek atheism aims to dismantle the current consensus that atheism was 'unthinkable' in ancient Greece, demonstrating instead that atheism was not only thinkable but inextricably embedded in the Greek religious environment.
Intended to appeal to both Christians and Jews,A Rabbi Looks at Jesus' Parables is an introduction to the teachings of Jesus, and compares the similarities and differences in Jesus' thinking to other Jewish sources from first-century Palestine.
Esta obra aborda un interrogante que de modo cada vez mas intenso y urgente se hacen gran numero de personas: si Dios existe, por que no se hace presente de manera tangible, por que no actua e interviene de forma eficaz y evidente para suscitar cuanto de positivo desea promover en la humanidad?
A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.
"Contra la ignorancia" es un manual práctico de reflexiones que responden a las preguntas más frecuentes de las personas, católicas o no, sobre la Iglesia, los sacerdotes y la práctica de la fe católica.
This volume looks at the secular state in the context of contemporary Asia and investigates whether there existed before modernity antecedents to the condition of secularity, understood as the differentiation of the sphere of the religious from other spheres of social life.
Estas páginas intentan "rescatar" algunas palabras básicas del cristianismo -y sus correspondientes contenidos- indebidamente apropiadas por el poder religioso -el aparato institucional-, así como por una determinada teología, catequesis y predicación.
Contra la religión reúne varios textos breves, de los considerados malditos, dictados por Mark Twain en 1906 y publicados años después de su muerte, pues su hija Clara siempre se opuso a ello.
This meticulously edited Martin Luther collection includes: Biography: Martin Luther by John ActonWorks:Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (95 theses)The Bondage of the WillTo the Christian Nobility of the German NationPrelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the ChurchA Treatise on Christian LibertyA Treatise of Good WorksA Treatise on BaptismDisputation on the Divinity and Humanity of ChristThe Large CatechismThe Small CatechismCommentary on GenesisOn the CreationOn Sin and the FloodCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansThe Epistles of St.
Der Großinquisitor Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Im Insel-Verlag zu LeipzigIn seiner unermeßlichen Barmherzigkeit zeigt Er sich noch einmal den Menschen in derselben Gestalt, in welcher Er vor fünfzehn Jahrhunderten drei Jahre lang unter ihnen gewandelt ist.
