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Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Distills the work of hundreds of authors and more than one thousand texts using the same techniques that produced the holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. Wit and advice, human stories, tragedies and yearnings, love and consolations are shaped into fourteen constituent parts that recall the Bible in structure for a secular age in which many find that religion no longer speaks to them.
Author
Publisher
Quoir
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The fastest growing religious group in America are the "Nones". They experience alienation and frustration with traditional evangelical Christianity and are leaving the pews in large numbers. Some are traumatized by the transition from a rigid religious world view to a more humanistic and open one. They seek out others that experience the same frustrations and are willing to share their stories. For many this is an ongoing stress and problem in their...
Author
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot, the trade division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"To Light the Flame of Reason is all about the art of clear thinking, an art that is needed now more than ever in the world we now live in. Written for anyone who wants to navigate better in this world filled with populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes, and pseudo-philosophy"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and deeply necessary work, Dear Zealots offers three ... essays that speak directly to our present age, on the rise of zealotry in Israel and around the world. From the incomparable Amos Oz comes a series of three essays: on the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, on the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride in Israel, and on the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East and internationally....
Author
Language
English
Description
"The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs. Drawing from research on the habits and mindsets of a varied...
Author
Publisher
Humanist Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Fully Human/Fully Allive uses a humanist psychological standpoint to address profound questions like: What is truth for me? How should we live our life? What can we do collectively? What values ultimately are important for my life?
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""This is a book about humanists, but even humanists cannot agree on what a humanist is," declares Sarah Bakewell. Indeed, for centuries now, thinkers, writers, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, and countless others have been searching for and refining a philosophy of the human spirit. Humanism can be found in writings of Plato and Protagoras and in the thought of Confucius. It is ever-present in the work of Michel de Montaigne, and guided...
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