Christina S. Chen (Vanderbilt): Atheism and the Assumptions of Science and Religion. From The Christian Post, a review of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails (and part 2). Serious question: What does theology have to do with reality? A review of Radical Judaism: Rethinking God and Tradition by Arthur Green. The first chapter from Spirituality for Dummies by Sharon Janis. A review of Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners by Peter E. Dans. God, science and philanthropy: Nathan Schneider on the politics of the Templeton Foundation's "Big Questions". From The Christian Century, a review of Life After Death: The Evidence by Dinesh D'Souza, After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory by John Casey, and A Very Brief History of Eternity by Carlos Eire; and more on God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero (and more and more and more and more and more). Peter Manseau reviews Stephen Batchelor's Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. From FiveBooks, a series of interviews on books on Islam. From Liberty, an article on religious wars and religious freedom: A troubled history (and part 2 and part 3); a review of In the Name of Heaven: 3000 Years of Religious Persecution by Mary Jane Engh; and anti-Semitism is a historical enigma, and yet the question still remains: Why the Jews? A review of Ten Things I Hate about Christianity: Working through the Frustrations of Faith by Jason Berggren. Daniel Everett on the Piraha, the people who define happiness without God. Ross Douthat on why the Catholic Church is finished. If God is real, and religious believers can perceive him, why is anyone an atheist? Religion scholar Donna Freitas says reading the Bible bores her to death. Stefanos Geroulanos on his book An Atheism that Is Not Humanist Emerges in French Thought.
