From New English Review, Ibn Warraq on skepticism and Koranic research. A review of Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out by Ibn Warraq. From Asia Times, Spengler on Ayaan Hirsi Ali, atheism and Islam. From TNR, Damon Linker on atheism's wrong turn: Mindless argument found in godless books. A review of The New Atheists by Tina Beattie. A review of The Agnostic Reader by S.T. Joshi. More and more on Karen Armstrong's The Bible: A Biography. A review of a new translation of The Book of Psalms. Terry Eagleton on Jesus as Messiah or Bolshevik: The Christ of the Gospels is indeed a revolutionary - - but of a millenarian, rather than a political, stripe. While the National Geographic Society’s translation supported the interpretation of Judas Iscariot as a hero, a more careful reading makes clear that he is a demon. From Counterpunch, an article on the Bible and Middle East History: Colonizing a metaphor. A review of Early Evangelicalism: A Global Intellectual History, 1670-1789 by W. R. Ward. From Christianity Today, making trade-offs: A look at the balance-sheet for Christianity. Burning at the stake: Philip Jenkins on how global warming will increase religious strife. An interview with former evangelical minister Rev. Michael Dowd: Jesus Hearts Darwin.
