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* Bays, R.L. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981158464?tag=httpwwwration-20 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking] | * Bays, R.L. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981158464?tag=httpwwwration-20 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking] | ||
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+ | * Blue, Dennis - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holy-deception-dennis-r-blue/1128633257 Holy Deception? A Recovering Fundamentalist Explores the Bible] | ||
* Boyer, Pascal - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465006965?tag=httpwwwration-20 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thoughts] | * Boyer, Pascal - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465006965?tag=httpwwwration-20 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thoughts] | ||
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* Coste, R. D. - [http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?" | * Coste, R. D. - [http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?" | ||
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+ | * Coyne, Jerry A. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-evolution-is-true-coyne/1116745079 Why Evolution Is True] | ||
* Dawkins, Richard - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618918248?tag=httpwwwration-20 The God Delusion] | * Dawkins, Richard - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618918248?tag=httpwwwration-20 The God Delusion] | ||
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+ | * Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/magic-of-reality-richard-dawkins/1101373498 The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True] | ||
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+ | * Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/greatest-show-on-earth-richard-dawkins/1100333495 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution] | ||
* Dennett, Daniel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038338?tag=httpwwwration-20 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon] | * Dennett, Daniel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038338?tag=httpwwwration-20 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon] | ||
* Faircloth, Sean - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984493255?tag=httpwwwration-20 Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!] | * Faircloth, Sean - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984493255?tag=httpwwwration-20 Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!] | ||
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+ | * Garcia, Hector - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alpha-god-hecto-garcia/1120019750 Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression] | ||
* Grayling, A. C. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019517755X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God] | * Grayling, A. C. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019517755X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God] | ||
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* Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306816083?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever], a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages. | * Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306816083?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever], a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages. | ||
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+ | * Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freethinkers-susan-jacoby/1112257653 Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism] | ||
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+ | * Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-agnostic-susan-jacoby/1110948323 The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought] | ||
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+ | * Krueger, Douglas - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-is-atheism-douglas-e-krueger/1114960008 What Is Atheism?: A Short Introduction / Edition 1] | ||
* McAfee, David G. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-dad-im-an-atheist-the-guide-to-coming-out-as-a-non-believer-g-david-mcafee/1114021779 Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer] | * McAfee, David G. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-dad-im-an-atheist-the-guide-to-coming-out-as-a-non-believer-g-david-mcafee/1114021779 Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer] | ||
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* Paulos, John Allen - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809059185?tag=httpwwwration-20 Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up] | * Paulos, John Allen - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809059185?tag=httpwwwration-20 Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up] | ||
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+ | * Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-god-virus-darrel-w-ray/1111374515 The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture] | ||
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+ | * Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sex-and-god-i-p-c-press/1114403683 Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality] | ||
* Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345346297?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence] | * Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345346297?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence] | ||
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* Shermer, Michael - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250008808?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths] | * Shermer, Michael - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250008808?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths] | ||
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+ | * Smith, George H. & Krauss, Lawrence M. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/atheism-george-h-smith/1119371750 Atheism: The Case Against God] | ||
* Stenger, Victor J. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145994?tag=httpwwwration-20 God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion] | * Stenger, Victor J. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145994?tag=httpwwwration-20 God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion] | ||
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+ | * Wathey, John C. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-illusion-of-gods-presence-john-c-wathey/1121772833 The Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing] | ||
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=== Books listings & reviews === | === Books listings & reviews === |
Revision as of 02:21, 15 July 2020
Books
- Carrier, Richard Books by Richard Carrier
- Christina, Greta Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why
- Cortesi, David - "Secular Wholeness" Religious practice has benefits—people wouldn't do it otherwise. How can we get those benefits without the superstition?
- Coste, R. D. - Night at the Gates "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"
- Coyne, Jerry A. - Why Evolution Is True
- Dawkins, Richard - The God Delusion
- Dawkins, Richard - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
- Dawkins, Richard - The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
- Dennett, Daniel - Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
- Faircloth, Sean - Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!
- Garcia, Hector - Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression
- Grayling, A. C. - Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God
- Harris, Sam - Letter to a Christian Nation
- Hitchens, Christopher - God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
- Hitchens, Christopher - The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages.
- Jacoby, Susan - Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
- Jacoby, Susan - The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
- Krueger, Douglas - What Is Atheism?: A Short Introduction / Edition 1
- McAfee, David G. - Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer
- McMaster, Jacki - "Jesus Wasn't Magic: A Christmas Book for Non-Believers"
- Mehta, Hemant - I Sold My Soul on eBay
- Nair, Satyajit - God in the Middle
- Onfray, Michel - Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
- Paulos, John Allen - Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
- Ray, Darrel - Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality
- Sagan, Carl - The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
- Shermer, Michael - The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
- Smith, George H. & Krauss, Lawrence M. - Atheism: The Case Against God
- Stenger, Victor J. - God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
Books listings & reviews
- The Atheist Book Club's Bookshelf Group readings, ratings & discussions
- Atheists and Skeptics Group's Bookshelf Group readings, ratings & discussions
- Five Books interviews experts & authors and asks them to recommend the best books in their subject and explain why they matter (link to the Atheism section).
- The Secular Web library