Adam Gopnik is one of my very favorite essayists, but when he turns to religion, I must turn my head. As with me and economic theory, Gopnik simply doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. I’d been waiting ...
As one who writes and teaches a lot about secularism and humanism, lectures a lot about atheism and agnosticism, and directs a secular studies program, there are a few common questions/comments that ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Atheism and anti-theism so often occur together within the same individual that the coterie of ...
The Sunday Assembly is coming to Portland on Tue. Dec. 10. It has been called “an atheist church.” This recalls a traditional argument: Is Atheism a Religion? This is a claim made by some Christian ...
(RNS) In his new book, American Atheists' president David Silverman lays out why he is often such a jerk and why he wants other atheists to join him in jerkitude. (RNS) David Silverman wants you to ...
American Judaism has a God problem. Actually, and paradoxically, it seems to have two God problems. One is Jewish atheism. The other is Jewish theism. Here we will look at the data and the dilemma. At ...
Easter season is not just a time of penance and, ultimately, joy for Christians, it is also a time for reflection. One appropriate subject for reflection at this time is the remarkably vigorous ...