Secular / Non-religious / Interfaith Booklist: Books and eBooks

Citing historical records, both ancient and contemporary, and chapter and verse - from the Bible, the Torah and Talmud, and the Koran - the author documents the ravages of religious intolerance over the past two and a half millennia, where "truth" is exclusive to only the faithful.

In this compassionate, friendly, down-to-earth how-to guide, author Greta Christina offers concrete strategies and guiding philosophies for coming out as an atheist.

In this book, former pastor Dan Barker eloquently, powerfully, and rationally offers words of enrichment, emancipation, and inspiration, reminding us how millions of atheists lead happy, loving, moral, and purpose-filled lives.

"Not Seeing God" looks at the challenges of leaving religion, arguing for atheism, the role and position of atheism in society, and where we go from here. This anthology of chapters is a cornucopia of skeptical delights and is a necessary read for nonbelievers as well as questioning believers.

Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of the current (and raging) God/no-god debate. With Hitchens as your erudite and witty guide, you'll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry.

This handbook for the newly de-converted offers support and helps readers learn to find meaning, shed the emotional baggage, defend your position in debates, and become awesome!

"Voices of Unbelief" is the first anthology to provide comprehensive, annotated readings on atheism and unbelief expressly for high school and college students. This diverse compilation brings together letters, essays, diary entries, book excerpts, blogs, monologues, and other writings by atheists and agnostics, both through the centuries and across continents and cultures.

In "Vigilant Faith," Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike--a passionate agnosticism--that is rooted in a skeptical consciousness.

"Life after Faith" is a positive assessment of secularism and the possibilities it offers for a genuinely meaningful life without religion. Kitcher envisions the successors to religious life, when the senses of identity and community traditionally fostered by religion will instead draw on a broader range of cultural items--those provided by poets, filmmakers, musicians, artists, scientists, and others. With clarity and deep insight, Kitcher reveals the power of secular humanism to encourage fulfilling human lives built on ethical truth.

In "What It Means to Be Moral," Phil Zuckerman argues that morality does not come from God, it comes from us: our brains, our evolutionary past, our ongoing cultural development, our social experiences, and our ability to reason, reflect, and be sensitive to the suffering of others. By deconstructing religious arguments for God-based morality and guiding readers through the premises and promises of secular morality, Zuckerman argues that the major challenges facing the world today--from global warming and growing inequality to religious support for unethical political policies to gun violence and terrorism--are best approached from a nonreligious ethical framework.

In this book, Thompson argues that it is only through dialogue that the distinctive truths of the faiths emerge, and sets forth a utopian hope for "the interreligious city of God, shining with the divine, interilluminative rainbow light reflected from the many faiths, including the secular faith."

This book invites readers to rethink and re-examine the traditional paradigms in which religion, spirituality, and interfaith (RSI) have been studied within higher education. It is framed by a commitment to social justice and intersectionality, while centering the narratives of the religiously marginalized.