Reviews

By Nathan Curland When I was first offered a copy of Atheist Voices of Minnesota to review I was less than intrigued. After all, I knew plenty of atheists and had heard many stories of miserable childhoods and escape from religion, so reading 36 variations on this theme seemed a Read more

By Bill Lehto Inventing Jesus: The New Testament Narrative as Fiction, by Paul Gabel702 pages©2012, Paul Gabel In Inventing Jesus, Paul Gabel, a history teacher, argues that Jesus was an entirely fictional character, with no historical basis, having been completely invented by the writer of the Gospel of Mark. The Read more

By George Erickson Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt,by Herb Silverman702 pages©2012 If a man is going to publish his life story, he had best take the precaution of leading an interesting life first. Or at least to being a very funny Read more

By Jennifer Zimmerman The book Secrets & Wives: The Hidden World of Mormon Polygamy, by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, slowly reveals the secrets of a world that not many have had access to. Bhattacharya, a journalist and an atheist, travels through parts of Utah and Texas and befriends and interviews people from Read more

By James Zimmerman The Matter With Usby John Rawles, ©2011Pen Press, 516 pages Rawles’ cleverly titled book begins most ominously. In comparing our planet to a space craft, a stark page appearing event before the table of contents details our predicament: “The bridge of spaceship Earth is deserted,” it begins, Read more