Humanist and secular alternatives to religion

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

Wenn Religion zum Problem wird: Skandale um maßlose Verschwendung oder sexuellen Missbrauch, unzeitgemäße Einstellungen zur Rolle der Frau, Verhütung oder Homosexualität, beschämende Positionierung im Nationalsozialismus und anderen faschistoiden Diktaturen - die Kirchen stecken tief in der Krise.

"e;A hard-hitting polemic against religious fundamentalism"e; - Foreword by Richard Dawkins' Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God.

When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off.

This book addresses the flaws and fallacies in the grounds for atheism and theism - flaws and fallacies that contaminate the arguments of non-believers and believers alike.

John Macaulay's model study of Unitarianism in the antebellum south reestablishes the denomination's position as an influential religious movement in the early history of the region.

If we want to be true atheists, do we have to begin with a religious edifice and undermine it from within?

Offers a critical analysis of contemporary atheism.

Die Tatsache, dass Menschen formal keiner religiösen Gemeinschaft angehören, findet sich in besonders starkem Maße in Ostdeutschland, aber auch in einigen anderen Regionen Europas.

Was treibt Menschen an, Götter zu erschaffen und religiöse Systeme immer wieder neu zu erfinden?

This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine.

This book presents a pragmatic response to arguments against religion made by the New Atheism movement.

What is real?

By reading "e;The Rosicrucian Quest for Universal Truth,"e; you will be able to learn about the fascinating combination of history and mysticism that surrounds the Rosicrucians.

Nietzsche was famously an atheist, despite coming from a strongly Protestant family.

Is modern racism a product of secularisation and the decline of Christian universalism?

Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization.

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 a time marked by prominent public clashes between theists and atheists, much less attention has been given to the question of agnosticism, whether in public debate or in academic literature.

Künstliche Intelligenz, künstliche Befruchtung, Roboterbienen - ist das die Normalität von morgen?

The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of best-selling books which not only challenged the existence of god, but claimed that religious faith was dangerous and immoral.

This anthology consists of fourteen topically arranged essays that explore a form of humanism characterized by epistemic humility, a progressive ethical orientation, as well as a respect for the positive features of religion.

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

Nonbelievers, Apostates, and Atheists in the Muslim World offers a contemporary, cross-cultural look at nonbelief and nonreligion in Islam.

Das äthiopische Henochbuch ist ein faszinierendes und tiefgründiges Werk, das seit Jahrhunderten Gelehrte, Theologen und Laien gleichermaßen in seinen Bann zieht.

The easy way to understand atheism and secular philosophy For people seeking a non-religious philosophy of life, as well as believers with atheist friends, Atheism For Dummies offers an intelligent exploration of the historical and moral case for atheism.

"e;Revisiting the Bogomils' Mystical World: The Legacy of the Lost"e; by Elena Morozova dives deeper into the spiritual and historical footprint of the Bogomils, illuminating their doctrines' significance beyond their era.

Is modern racism a product of secularisation and the decline of Christian universalism?

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

Tauchen Sie ein in die verborgene Welt der antiken Geheimbünde – eine Welt voller Mysterien, Rituale und verschollener Weisheiten.

Do scientists see conflict between science and faith?

From the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller The Little Book of HumanismA humanist wedding ceremony allows couples the freedom to express their love in a completely personal way - and choose what marriage means to them.

When the Bolsheviks set out to build a new world in the wake of the Russian Revolution, they expected religion to die off.

Questions about how to negotiate belief and non-belief in social and public spheres are attracting an increasing amount of attention from academics in a range of disciplines, and from concerned members of the public.

Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "e;everything is permitted.

Answering the call for new rituals in our secular age, this book recognises the essential importance of rituals to the psychological, physical and spiritual health of individuals, families, organisations, and society as a whole.

Sacred Nature examines the crisis of environmental degradation through the prism of religious naturalism, which seeks rich spiritual engagement in a world without a god.

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

Die Stimmung des Fremd-Seins in der Welt ist weit verbreitet in einer Gesellschaft, die die metaphysische Perspektive gerne leugnet.

Does God Matter?

This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L.

Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga offers a creative and accessible exploration of the two comic book series, examining themes like nonviolence; issues of gender and war; heroes and moral failures; forgiveness and seeking justice; and the importance of diversity and religious pluralism.