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Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism
David Mills
Ulysses Press, 2006
Exceeded all of my expectations...
I've been questioning relgion for quite some time, but never really labeled myself as an atheist. This book is intended as a specific rebuttal to the creative design 'science' promoted by religiously influenced schools. Not only does it wonderfully refute creative ...
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The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
An intelligently designed argument against theism.
Dawkins is one of the most important critical thinkers of our times. His contributions to the field of biology alone secure him among the ranks of great thinkers.
In the God Delusion, Dawkins argues forcefully and effectively for a naturistic worldview. His most ...
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Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
Wayne Grudem
Zondervan, 1995
Outstanding and Unsurpassed
The title of my Review says it all, and since there are already over 130 Reviews, I will make this short. This is simply the best comprehensive modern systematic theology in one volume on the market I have seen in 40 years of ministry. Why? It covers charismatic, ...
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Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Dan Barker
Ulysses Press, 2008
Lika a letter from a friend
The startling thing about Dan Barker's writing is how he well tells the story of his journey from Christian preacher to freethinker in a warm, human way, then proceeds to dissect the errors of that former faith with keen precision. Like a letter from a good friend who ...
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Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess
Matthew Paul Turner
WaterBrook Press, 2008
Churched
Matthew Paul Turner is the kind of up and coming author you want to get into. Turner has the ability to take the negative things in Christianity, flip them around and bring humor in the unfortunate way things are. His first book, The Christian Culture Survival Guide, ...
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The Battle for God
Karen Armstrong
Ballantine Books, 2001
A compelling and necessary read
This book is a fascinating and surprisingly readable history of emergent fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Armstrong traces monotheistic fundamentalism through the 20th century, and details the economic, social, and political circumstances that ...
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His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy
Susan Ray Schmidt
Kassidy Lane Publishing LLC, 2006
Great Book!!!!
Susan told a remarkable story of her life as a child bride. It is truly amazing what these women and children have to go through and Susan takes you right into their world. Awesome book.
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A. J. Jacobs
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Humorous and....oddly inspirational!
Just finished this book and it was fantastic! It was an impulse buy in the airport about a week or so ago and I haven't been able to put it down. I found the observations humorous and the religious "cliff notes" fascinating. I'm pretty much an agnostic, but find the ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
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Asserting that America's "homegrown religion" is one steeped in and ultimately defined by persecution and violence, Krakauer's extensively researched book about Mormon fundamentalism is an informative look at an aspect of life that people are not always willing to see. ...
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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)
Sam Harris
Vintage, 2008
A great explanation of religion and non-religion
This is one of the first atheism-oriented books I read once I realized that I was probably an atheist and that it was ok to read books on the subject to learn more. If I remember correctly, it was #4, after The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (great), God Is Not Great ...
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Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture
John Shelby Spong
HarperOne, 1992
An excellent overview of biblical scholarship
When I looked at this on Amazon, I KNEW that the reviews would be polarized. There are people who don't know anything about biblical scholarship who will give it five stars automatically, because it's all eye opening. There are devout Christians who don't want the ...
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The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine
Alister E. McGrath, Joanna Collicutt Mcgrath
IVP Books, 2007
Accomplishes what the author set out to do
Alister McGrath's _The Dawkins Delusion_ is a short book with one aim: to introduce readers to the flaws in Dawkins' _The God Delusion_. The book's introduction explains that this is neither a full treatment of philosophy of religion, nor even a point-by-point ...
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The Conservative Soul: Fundamentalism, Freedom, and the Future of the Right
Andrew Sullivan
Harper Perennial, 2007
Conservativism as Attitude to Life
Andrew Sullivan is one of our premier public intellectuals and a delight to read. Both facts are confirmed by this book. While at first glance you would think he will be making talking points for a political perspective, Sullivan quickly disabuses the reader of such a ...
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Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians"
Karl Keating
Ignatius Press, 1988
Why didn't I learn this in school?
This book, 2 Baptist preachers, a AKJV Bible and Joseph Smith allowed Jesus to bring me out of a Baptist denomination and home to His visible body on earth, His Catholic Church.
You can not deny the truth in this book or the complete 73 Book Bible.
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury
Kevin Phillips
Viking Adult, 2006
Tough, Chilling Analysis
Author Kevin Phillips examines U.S. political and economic trends in this searing look at religion, energy, and government spending. Readers see that U.S. foreign policy is strongly, perhaps dangerously influenced by conservative Christians. We also see how the USA ...
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