Humanist and secular alternatives to religion

Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless.

Studies of "e;near-death experiences"e; show that such experiences not only provide a new certainty of post-mortem survival, but often function as a call for fundamental change in the present.

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith.

In this stimulating dialogue these two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the most controversial issues of the day.

'An extraordinary book .

Spirituality without God is the first global survey of godless spirituality.

This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards.

Why are there religious beliefs in all cultures?

God and Evidence presents a new set of compelling problems for theistic philosophers.

Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity?

Owning the Secular examines three case studies dealing with religious symbols and cultural identity, including two public controversies over the veil in Canada - at the federal level and in the province of Quebec - and an ex-Muslim podcaster rethinking her atheist identity in the era of Donald Trump and the alt-right.

What do people believe about death and the afterlife?

Documents eighteenth-century literary representations of atheism, arguing that opposition to atheism generated unique forms of religious belief.

Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from SoulCycle to Mark Twain American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Two, is the second in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama.

Religion in Europe is currently undergoing changes that are reconfiguring physical and virtual spaces of practice and belief, and these changes need to be understood with regards to the proliferation of digital media discourses.

Discover the rich diversity of non-religious thought today in this inspiring collection of interviews with over thirty different humanists in the public eye, including Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig and Alice Roberts.

Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatural in origin.

The clash between atheism and religion has become the defining battle of the 21st century.

This volume offers a new account of the relationship between literary and secularist scenes of writing in interwar Britain.

For many of us, the question of whether or not God exists is one of the most perplexing and profound questions of our lives, and numerous philosophers and theologians have debated it for centuries.

THE FOUR MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe brilliantly argued and impassioned classic polemic from the world s best-known atheist.

Should we believe in God?

Explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of Momus, the Greek god of criticism and mockery.

In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues of atheism and theism.

In the past, as in the present, science has explored the reasons for belief.

What do people believe about death and the afterlife?

For 50 years, Margaret Mead told Americans how cultures worked, and Americans listened.

A guide to meaningful life choices for living an ethical life without theology or religious faith.

In response to the intellectual movement of New Atheism, this volume articulates a "e;New Theist"e; response that has at its core a desire to engage in productive and depolarizing dialogue.

In einer Welt, in der Dogmen oft den Weg zu Glaubensfreiheit und Toleranz versperren, erhebt sich eine unerwartete Figur – das Fliegende Spaghettimonster.

This book describes how French Christian culture allowed the dissemination of Epicureanism, which denied divine design.

Atheism Explained explores the claims made both for and against the existence of God.

In response to the intellectual movement of New Atheism, this volume articulates a "e;New Theist"e; response that has at its core a desire to engage in productive and depolarizing dialogue.

Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless.

This volume offers a new account of the relationship between literary and secularist scenes of writing in interwar Britain.

Roger Scruton explores the place of God in a disenchanted world.

This book offers a wide range of critical perspectives on how secularism unfolds and has been made sense of across Europe and Asia.

Atheism: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to belief in the non-existence of deities.

Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion.

Peter Hitchens lost faith as a teenager.

How Atheists rely on urban myths about religion to buttress their case against God.

Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatural in origin.

This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards.

This is not a book that provides a new integrated theory of religious change in modern societies, but rather one that develops theoretical elements that contribute to the understanding of some contemporary religious developments.

Atheism: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to belief in the non-existence of deities.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.