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By James Zimmerman You’re not going to learn anything new reading this book. But that’s not an indictment of the book, no, it’s a comment on your age. Disbelief is intelligently designed to appeal to the tween/early-teen crowd, and it does a superb job. Indeed, it is the best book Read more
By James Zimmerman If we take the word Cinema at its root (from the Greek kinesis, meaning “movement”), then pure cinema has been dying since the advent of synchronized sound. Too many movies are simply footage of people talking, or of a camera sitting idly by recording whatever happens to Read more
By Grant Steves In the many books I have reviewed in the Newsletter the focus has been on religion and atheism. They were excellent books that challenged our thinking about how we confronted our religion and became atheists. At the base of this is the problem of communication and understanding Read more
By Grant Steves Routledge , 2007 352 pages American atheists are familiar with and focused on Christianity in its various forms. However, it is important for us to expand our knowledge of what religion is and how it operates in various cultures. In understanding the evolution of religion, we will Read more
By Grant Steves Jesus, InterruptedBart D. EhrmanHarper Row, 2009, 292 pages Bart Ehrman, as the Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, has specialized and taught about the New Testament. In his latest book, Jesus, Interrupted, he reveals hidden contradictions in the bible, and why we Read more