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387 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents |
In the beginning. Gerin oil / Richard Dawkins ; Everyone's a skeptic- about other religions / James A. Haught ; Faith = illness: Why I've had it with religious tolerance / Douglas Rushkoff -- Current events & controversies. The US is a free country, not a Christian nation / Michael E. Buckner and Edward M. Buckner ; Posting the Ten Commandments / Peter Eckstein ; Philadelphia grand jury report on abusive priests and the cardinals who enabled them ; God has left the building: The self-imposed death of institutional Judaism / Douglas Rushkoff ; Reformation hymns: Islam, Iran, and blogs / Nasrin Alavi -- Bible tales. The God from Galilee / Ruth Hurmence Green ; Who wrote the Gospels? (Hint: It wasn't Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John) / Gary Greenberg ; Bridging the leap of faith / Bobbie Kirkhart ; Journey to Bethlehem / Neil Gaiman and Steve Gibson -- I was there! (True encounters with religion). With the sword: Attending a Muslim students' conference / Tasha Fox ; Broward County, Florida / Jeff Sharlet and Peter Manseau ; My weekend with Osho / Sam Jordison ; Jungle drums of the evil I / Earl Kemp ; Sacred spots / Kristan Lawson ; Taking up serpents / Robert W. Pelton. |
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(cont.) God-free living. Honesty of atheism / Dianna Narciso ; Comforting thoughts about death that have nothing to do with God / Greta Christina ; Confessions of an atheist / Paul Krassner -- Doing God's work. "Irish Gulags for women": The Catholic Church's Magdalene asylums / Sam Jordison ; "End of the world prophet found in error, not insane" / John Gorenfeld ; Faith and curses / Therese Taylor -- The most popular sin. Voluptuous ecstasy on the temple: Erotic aspects of Hindu sculpture / Lawrence E. Gichner ; Wanting the topmost peach: The erotic poetry of the sixth Dalai Lama / Coleman Barks ; "Fondling the fellows in folly" / Jack Murnighan ; Private parts on the pope's altar / Kristan Lawson -- Sounds and words. It ain't necessarily so: Music's debt to nonbelievers / Dan Barker ; Holy blood, holy code / David V. Barrett ; "Incomplete Jews" and "International monetarists": Veiled anti-Semitism in the Left Behind series / Michael Standaert -- Holy history. Martin Luther goes bowling / Bill Brent ; Friendly feudalism: The Tibet myth / Michael Parenti ; God machine: Building the mechanical messiah in 1850s Massachusetts / Robert Damon Schneck ; Verge extreme: California's religion of transformation / Erik Davis -- Grab bag. Jesus of Nazareth discusses his failure / H.G. Wells ; Holy shit: Excrement and religion / John G. Bourke ; Legion's legacy: Possession and exorcism / Benjamin Radford ; Found religion / FOUND magazine ; Bits and pieces ; Good books / Russ Kick -- End matter: Article histories ; Contributors biographies. |
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Religion.
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God.
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Supernatural.
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Religion -- Controversial literature.
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| Added Author |
Kick, Russell.
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| ISBN |
9781932857597 (pbk.) |
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1932857591 (pbk.) |
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