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Michael Salter, "Organised Sexual Abuse" (Routledge, 2012)

May 7, 2014

Organised Sexual Abuse

Michael Salter
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

Sometimes it's hard to imagine how certain types of violence can occur, and organized multi-perpetrator abuse certainly fits into this category. Ritua…

Greta Christina, "Coming out Atheist: How to do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why" (Pitchstone Publishing, 2014)

April 23, 2014

Coming Out Atheist

Greta Christina
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

Coming out atheist isn't always easy, but Greta Christina, atheist activist and blogger, has tips to make it easier for those who struggle. After scou…

Betsy Leondar-Wright, "Missing Class" (Cornell UP, 2014)

April 23, 2014

Missing Class

Betsy Leondar-Wright
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

Gender and race are visible markers of identity, regularly talked about both in the news and sociology circles. There is another marker, however, that…

George E. Vaillant, "Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study" (Harvard UP, 2012)

March 27, 2014

Triumphs of Experience

George E. Vaillant
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

There are very few studies like the Harvard Grant Study. Started in 1938, it has been following its approximately 200 participants ever since, analyzi…

Leslie Irvine, "My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and their Animals" (Lynne Rienner, 2013)

March 11, 2014

My Dog Always Eats First

Leslie Irvine
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Homelessness and stigma go hand in hand, and nowhere is this more apparent than pet ownership among the homeless. From nasty looks to outright insults…

James A. Lindsay, "Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly" (Onus Books, 2013)

January 5, 2014

Dot, Dot, Dot

James A. Lindsay
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In the depths of the internet there is many an article discussing the infinity of God. Its authors argue that God is infinite and endless and knows no…

Raphael Lataster, "There was no Jesus, There is no God" (Amazon Digital Services, 2013)

December 6, 2013

There was no Jesus, There is no God

Raphael Lataster
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In the preface of There was no Jesus, There is no God (Amazon Digital Services, 2013),Raphael Lataster states that "it is not my job to disprove Chris…

Aaron Adair, "The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View" (Onus Books, 2013)

October 27, 2013

The Star of Bethlehem

Aaron Adair
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"And having heard the king, they went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them, until it came and stood over …

Ian Samson, "Paper: An Elegy" (Harper Collins, 2012)

September 24, 2013

Paper

Ian Samson
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In our digital world, it does seem like paper is dying by inches. Bookstores are going out of business, and more and more people get their news from t…

John W. Loftus, "The Outsider Test for Faith: How to Know Which Religion Is True" (Prometheus Books, 2013)

August 26, 2013

The Outsider Test for Faith

John W. Loftus
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With so many religions in the world, how can you tell which one is correct? John W. Loftus tackles this question in his new book, The Outsider Test fo…

Sikivu Hutchinson, "Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels" (Infidel Books, 2013)

August 12, 2013

Godless Americana

Sikivu Hutchinson
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

Why does it seem like everyone in the atheist movement is white and male? Are African-American women less interested in secularism? In her book, Godle…

Gary Greenberg, "The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry" (Blue Rider Press, 2013)

July 5, 2013

The Book of Woe

Gary Greenberg
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It is common today to treat depression and other mental disorders as concrete illnesses - akin to having pneumonia or the flu. In fact, being prescrib…

David Niose, "Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

May 20, 2013

Nonbeliever Nation

David Niose
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

The perception of the United States as a Christian nation is one that is prevalent and persistent. It is difficult to conceive of a time when the term…

Victor Stenger, "God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion" (Prometheus, 2012)

May 7, 2013

God and the Folly of Faith

Victor J. Stenger
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Are science and religion compatible, or are they fundamentally different ways of viewing the world? In the book,God and the Folly of Faith: The Incomp…

David M. Halperin, "How to be Gay" (Harvard UP, 2012)

February 25, 2013

How to be Gay

David M. Halperin
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What does it mean to be gay? According to many people, gayness is simply homosexuality - a sexual orientation. However, as David M. Halperin argues in…

Christian J. Churchill and Gerald E. Levy, "The Enigmatic Academy: Class, Bureaucracy, and Religion in American Education" (Temple UP, 2011)

January 28, 2013

The Enigmatic Academy

Christian J. Churchill and Gerald E. Levy
Hosted by Annie Sepucaia

According to the Marriam-Webster dictionary, an "enigma" can be defined as "something hard to understand or explain." What is it that is so enigmatic …

Adam Lee, "Daylight Atheism" (Think Big, 2012)

December 19, 2012

Daylight Atheism

Adam Lee
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Atheist blogger extraordinaire Adam Lee has published his first book, Daylight Atheism (Big Think, 2012), where he makes the case that religion is har…

Keri E. Iyall Smith, "Sociology of Globalization: Cultures, Economies, and Politics" (Westview Press, 2012)

November 30, 2012

Sociology of Globalization

Keri Iyall Smith
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Globalization is one of those words we hear on an almost daily basis. The world today is interconnected in ways that would have been unimaginable even…

Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields, "Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life" (Verso Books, 2012)

November 11, 2012

Racecraft

Karen E. Fields
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Racism is a process by which people are segregated and discriminated against based on their race, and race is defined as a set of physical characteris…

Mary Johnson, "An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service and an Authentic Life" (Spiegel & Grau, 2011)

November 4, 2012

An Unquenchable Thirst

Mary Johnson
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In December of 1975, Agnes Bojaxhiu, also known as Mother Teresa, appeared on the cover of TIME magazine with a caption that read: "Living Saints." Ma…

David Chura, "I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup" (Beacon Press, 2010)

October 25, 2012

I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine

David Chura
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It is easy to dismiss juveniles in prison as "bad seeds", as people with which we have nothing in common, and of which we want only distance. David Ch…

Sandra Chait, "Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest" (U Washington Press, 2011)

September 18, 2012

Seeking Salaam

Sandra Chait
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In the Pacific Northwest, immigrants from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia coexist, making a life for themselves and their family in a new country. In th…

Alison Miers, "Charlinder's Walk" (CreateSpace, 2011)

July 31, 2012

Charlinder's Walk

Alison Miers
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In our very first fiction-book interview on New Books in Secularism, we chat with Alyson Miers, author of Charlinder's Walk (CreateSpace, 2011). In th…

Barry Schwartz, "The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less - How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of Satisfaction" (Harper Perennial, 2003)

July 16, 2012

Why More is Less

Barry Schwartz
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Is there such a thing as too much choice? In The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less - How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of Satisfaction (Harper Pe…