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Wrestling with God: “Greece v. Galloway” and the Court’s Tortured Treatment of Religion
In this video from Seattle University School of Law's Federalist…
Map of Time – A Visual History of the Universe
Submitted by Secular Global Institute Communicator Jim Downard (concept,…
Atheism and Secularity
edited by Phil Zuckerman, 2009 Who are atheists? How does…
Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment
by Phil Zuckerman, 2010 “Silver” Winner of the 2008 Foreword…
Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion
by Phil Zuckerman, 2011 In Faith No More, Phil Zuckerman draws…
Atheists in America
edited by: Melanie E. Brewster, 2014 This collection features…
Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions
by Phil Zuckerman, Release Date: December 4, 2014 Described…
The Intelligent Design Controversy
Below is the full transcript of a class lecture given by Secular…
A Global Secular Bill of Rights
After seeing the US State Department's recent report on International…
An Ill Wind in Tortuca
Below is the full text of Secular Global Institute Communicator Jim…
Troubles in Paradise
by: Jim Downard, 2014 Below is the full text of Troubles…
Evolution
Downard, James, Secular Global Institute Communicator 7/31/2014 The…
Policy and Research
The May 3 issue of New Scientist carried an article titled “Losing…
Oh Lord, can’t we keep religion out of politics?
By Teresa Wiltz, (2013). The Guardian America's founders insisted…
Religion, Politics and Thomas Hobbes
By George Wright, 2006
Politics and Religion in the United States
By Corbett, Michael, Corbett, Julia Mitchell, 1999
Religion and Politics in America: faith, culture, and strategic choices
By Robert Booth Fowler, 1985
Religious Rhetoric and American Politics: The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns
By Christopher B. Chapp, 2012
The future of religion in American politics
By Charles W. Dunn, 2009
Religion and Politics in the United States
By Wald, Kenneth D., Calhoun-Brown, Allison, 2014
Religion in politics: Constitutional and moral perspectives
By Michael J. Perry, 1999
Religion and American politics: from the colonial period to the present
By Noll, Mark A. and Harlow, Luke E., 2007
Religion and Politics: Cultural Perspectives
By Giesen, Bernhard and Šuber, Daniel, 2005
Religion in American Politics: A Short History
By Frank Lambert, 2010
Kant, Religion, and Politics
by James DiCenso, 2013
Faith in Politics
By A. James Reichley, 2002
Among Wealthy Nations, U.S. Stands Alone in its Embrace of Religion
Pew Research Center, (2002) ( see report ) "Religion is…
Policy and Research
Presented to the Secular Movement in a Weekly National Update…
Unelectable Atheists: U.S. States that Prohibit Godless Americans from Holding Public Office
by Matthew Bulger, (2013). Humanist Network News With election…
Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality
Pew Research Center, March 2014. ( see report ) Many people…
For 2016 Hopefuls, Washington Experience Could Do More Harm than Good
Pew Research Center, May 2014 ( see report ) As the 2016 presidential…
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
by Sam Harris, 2014
An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
by Richard Dawkins, 2013
Irreligion in the United States
Wikipedia, 2014. (see report) “Encompassing at least agnosticism, atheism, secular…
Demographics of Atheism
Wikipedia, 2014. (see report) “Atheists comprised an estimated…
Social Progressive Index
Social Progressive Imperative, 2014. (see report) “To truly…
North Dakota No. 1 in Well-Being, West Virginia Still Last
Gallup, 2014. (See report) “North Dakota residents had the…
Mississippi Most Religious State, Vermont Least Religious
Gallup, 2014. (see report) “Religiousness across the U.S.…
Who is a Secular American? (Probably not a “None.”)
American Secular Census, 2014. (see report) “A majority (two-thirds)…
More Americans Have No Religious Preferences
General Social Survey, 2013. (see report) “…Twenty percent…
American Values Survey
Public Religion Research Institute, 2013. (see report) “Despite…
Study “I Know What You Did Last Sunday” Finds Americans Significantly Inflate Religious Participation
Public Religion Research Institute, 2014. (see report) “The…
Public’s Views on Human Evolution
Pew Research Center, 2013. (see report) “…six-in-ten…
Nones on the Rise
Pew Research Center, 2012. (see report) “…One-fifth of…
Global Religious Diversity
Pew Research Center, 2014. (see report) “Several years…
Religious Hostilities Reach Six-Year High
Pew Research Center, 2014. (see report) “The share of countries…
Millennials in Adulthood
Pew Research Center, 2014. (see report) “…half of Millennials…
U.S. Catholics View Pope Francis as a Change for the Better
Pew Research Center, 2014. (see report) “One year into his…
Supreme Being, The Afterlife and Evolution
Ipsos, 2011. (see report) “…one half (51%) of global citizens…
Global Index of Religion and Atheism
WIN-Gallup International, 2012. (see report) “…atheists…
Americans’ Belief in God, Miracles and Heaven Declines
Harris: A Nielson Company, 2013. (see report) “…a strong…
A Secular Boom in America and Jews of “No Religion”
Pini Herman. (2011). Jewish Journal, 10/31/2011 “The US Jewish…
Science, Religion Debated as Evangelical Takes Top NIH Post
Vergano, D. (2009). USA Today 9/14/2009 “Can we all get…
Fading Faith: The Rise of the Secular Age
James A. Haught. (2011). Patheos. “Since World War II, worship…
Science is Not the Enemy
Pinker, S. (2013). The New Republic 8/6/2013 “The great thinkers…
What’s really hurting Christianity in America
Paul, G. (2010). Los Angeles Times, 10/27/2010 “In their new…
Home-Schooling Demographics Change, Expand
Alesha Williams Boyd and Sergio Bichao, (2011). USA Today, 2/15/2012 “…The…
Christian Apologist Josh McDowell: 3 Cultural Changes That Create the “Perfect Storm” Against the Church
Martinez, J. (2013). Christian Post “Josh McDowell, an apologist…
Where are the people?
Hinch, J. (2014). The American Scholar, winter; 18-29 “Just…
Countries with Less Religious Diversity Have More Faith-Based Violence
Green, E. (2014). The Atlantic, 4/4/2014 “Chalk up a win…
Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt
Goodstein, L. (2013). The New York Times; 7/21/2013 “In…
The Price of Purity
Feldman, K. (2014). The New Republic, 2/7/2014 “The security…
A False Equation: Faith Equals Morality
Dyer, G. (2011). The Spectator 12/20/2011 “In the United States,…
Why Belief in God is Not Innate
Paul, G. (2010). The Wall Street Journal, 4/10/2010 “It…
What’s really hurting Christianity in America
Paul, G. (2010). Los Angeles Times, 10/27/2010 “…Americans,…
Why Atheists Align with Democrats
Brown, A. (2012). Atheism Resource “…I will look at the…
Does Religion Make You Nice? Does Atheism Make You Mean?
Bloom, P. (2008). Slate 11/7/2008 "Many Americans doubt…
Why Religion May Not be Hard-Wired
Begley, S. (2009). Newsweek 3/13/2010 "At last check, intimations…
Why Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists?
Paul, G. and Zuckerman, P. (2011). Washington Post, 4/29/2011 Long…
God and the Atom
by Victor J. Stenger, 2013
The Unconscious Quantum
by Victor J. Stenger, 1995
Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness
by Victor J. Stenger, 2009
Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe
by Victor J. Stenger, 2003
The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us
by Victor J. Stenger, 2011
The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason
by Victor J. Stenger, 2009
God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
by Victor J. Stenger, 2012
God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist
by Victor J. Stenger, 2010
A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
by Thure Cerling, 2005
The Seven Words You Can’t Say On Television
by Steven Pinker, 2008
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature: Selected Articles
by Steven Pinker, 2013
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
by Steven Pinker, 2011
The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language
by Steven Pinker, 2010
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker, 2011
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker, 2003
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker, 2011
The War for Children’s Minds
by Stephen Law, 2006
Really, Really Big Questions
by Stephen Law, 2012
30-Second Philosophies: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Philosophies, Each Explained in Half a Minute
by Stephen Law, 2012
Philosophy Rocks!
by Stephen Law, 2002
Humanism: A Very Short Introduction
by Stephen Law, 2011
The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking
by Stephen Law, 2003
Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole
by Stephen Law, 2011
Free Will
by Sam Harris, 2012
Lying
by Sam Harris, 2013
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris, 2010
Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris, 2006
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris, 2005
From One Missionary To Another: The Ins and Outs of Missionary Life
by Ryan Cragun, 2005
Fluent Heresy
by Ryan Cragun, 2005
Introduction to Sociology: as appears on Wikibooks, a project of Wikipedia
by Ryan Cragun, 2008