🙊 Religious Censorship

Stories and studies of how religious authorities have suppressed ideas, banned books, and silenced voices deemed heretical or dangerous to the faithful.

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

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736

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism 🤐 Self-Censorship

You Can't Read This Book 90%

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

by Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

736 ratings

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism 🤐 Self-Censorship

God Is Not Great

by Christopher Hitchens • 2007

The case against God: holy books authored by humans, moral codes that fail their own standards.

3.96

113k+

🧠 New Atheism 🌍 Secular Humanism 🔍 Religious Critique 📜 Textual Criticism 🔒 Sexual Repression

God Is Not Great 90%

The case against God: holy books authored by humans, moral codes that fail their own standards.

by Christopher Hitchens 2007

3.96

113k+ ratings

🧠 New Atheism 🌍 Secular Humanism 🔍 Religious Critique 📜 Textual Criticism 🔒 Sexual Repression

50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know

by Daniele Bolelli • 2011

Undead popes, Buddhist warriors, and a spaghetti god: faith's irreverent, hidden history.

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227

🕌 Religious History ☸️ Comparative Religion ⚡ Institutional Religion 🃏 Religious Satire 🧬 New Atheism

50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know Summary

50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know 89%

Undead popes, Buddhist warriors, and a spaghetti god: faith's irreverent, hidden history.

by Daniele Bolelli 2011

4.00

227 ratings

🕌 Religious History ☸️ Comparative Religion ⚡ Institutional Religion 🃏 Religious Satire 🧬 New Atheism

The Indispensable Right

by Jonathan Turley • 2024

Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.

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414

📜 Free Speech History ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🚫 Cancel Culture 🎓 Academic Freedom 🏛️ Government Censorship

The Indispensable Right 89%

Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.

by Jonathan Turley 2024

4.36

414 ratings

📜 Free Speech History ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🚫 Cancel Culture 🎓 Academic Freedom 🏛️ Government Censorship

Letter to a Christian Nation

by Sam Harris • 2006

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

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43k+

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil 💣 Religion And Violence 🔬 Science And Religion

Letter to a Christian Nation 89%

The same skepticism Christians apply to Islam leads straight to atheism, with life or death stakes.

by Sam Harris 2006

3.99

43k+ ratings

⚛️ New Atheism ⛪ Religious Criticism 😥 Problem Of Evil 💣 Religion And Violence 🔬 Science And Religion

God

by Dan Barker • 2016

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

3.90

838

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature 🧠 New Atheism 💡 Freethought

God 89%

Twenty million dead in a flood, children dashed on rocks: the Bible's God, read plainly.

by Dan Barker 2016

3.90

838 ratings

📖 Biblical Criticism ⚡ Divine Violence 📚 Bible As Literature 🧠 New Atheism 💡 Freethought

Rise

by Brigitte Gabriel • 2018

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

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100

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

Rise 89%

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

by Brigitte Gabriel 2018

4.31

100 ratings

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

That Librarian

by Amanda Jones • 2024

A librarian spoke against censorship at a board meeting. The death threats arrived by morning.

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5k+

🚫 Book Banning 🗽 Intellectual Freedom 📚 Librarians ⛪ Religious Nationalism 🏴 Political Extremism

That Librarian 88%

A librarian spoke against censorship at a board meeting. The death threats arrived by morning.

by Amanda Jones 2024

3.73

5k+ ratings

🚫 Book Banning 🗽 Intellectual Freedom 📚 Librarians ⛪ Religious Nationalism 🏴 Political Extremism

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

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🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

Operation Hollywood 88%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

The Curse of God

by Harris Sultan • 2018

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

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159

🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil ⚖️ Secular Morality

The Curse of God 88%

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

by Harris Sultan 2018

3.91

159 ratings

🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil ⚖️ Secular Morality

From Fatwa to Jihad

by Kenan Malik • 2009

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

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285

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

From Fatwa to Jihad 88%

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

by Kenan Malik 2009

4.03

285 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

America’s Best Idea

by Randall Balmer • 2025

The wall between church and state saved American faith. Its demolition began in segregated schools.

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386

⛪ Church And State 🇺🇸 American Religion 🗽 Religious Liberty 🚩 Christian Nationalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law

America’s Best Idea 88%

The wall between church and state saved American faith. Its demolition began in segregated schools.

by Randall Balmer 2025

4.28

386 ratings

⛪ Church And State 🇺🇸 American Religion 🗽 Religious Liberty 🚩 Christian Nationalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law

The End of Faith

by Sam Harris • 2004

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

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44k+

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity 🧭 Secular Ethics ⚖️ Faith Vs Reason

The End of Faith 88%

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

by Sam Harris 2004

3.89

44k+ ratings

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity 🧭 Secular Ethics ⚖️ Faith Vs Reason

The Truth War

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 2007

The church is at war over truth, and postmodern thinking has already occupied the pulpit.

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2k+

🔍 Doctrinal Discernment 📜 Biblical Authority 🎭 Postmodern Critique 🛡️ Defending Orthodoxy 🚪 Apostasy

The Truth War 88%

The church is at war over truth, and postmodern thinking has already occupied the pulpit.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 2007

4.30

2k+ ratings

🔍 Doctrinal Discernment 📜 Biblical Authority 🎭 Postmodern Critique 🛡️ Defending Orthodoxy 🚪 Apostasy

Christus Vincit

by Athanasius Schneider • 2019

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

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504

🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence 🌹 Fatima Prophecies ⚔️ Anti-Modernism

Christus Vincit 88%

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

by Athanasius Schneider 2019

4.69

504 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence 🌹 Fatima Prophecies ⚔️ Anti-Modernism

For the Glory of God

by Rodney Stark • 2003

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

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229

⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

For the Glory of God 88%

The same theology that built science and ended slavery also burned witches. Why?

by Rodney Stark 2003

3.96

229 ratings

⛪ Religious History 📊 Historical Sociology 🔬 Science And Religion 🧙 Witch Hunts ⛓️ Abolitionism

God's Problem

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2008

Every biblical theodicy, from punishment to apocalypse, falls apart under a scholar's scrutiny.

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6k+

📖 Biblical Studies ⚖️ Theodicy 🔍 Biblical Criticism 🤔 Religious Skepticism ❓ Agnosticism

God's Problem 88%

Every biblical theodicy, from punishment to apocalypse, falls apart under a scholar's scrutiny.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2008

3.95

6k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Studies ⚖️ Theodicy 🔍 Biblical Criticism 🤔 Religious Skepticism ❓ Agnosticism

The Global Sexual Revolution

by Gabriele Kuby • 2012

The global push for unlimited sexual rights is not freedom: it is a blueprint for total control.

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163

🕊️ Catholic Social Teaching 🔞 Sexual Ethics 🧬 Gender Ideology Critique 💍 Traditional Marriage 📵 Pornography Critique

The Global Sexual Revolution 88%

The global push for unlimited sexual rights is not freedom: it is a blueprint for total control.

by Gabriele Kuby 2012

4.30

163 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Social Teaching 🔞 Sexual Ethics 🧬 Gender Ideology Critique 💍 Traditional Marriage 📵 Pornography Critique

Free Speech

by Nigel Warburton • 2009

Silencing one dissenter wounds truth. Hate speech and pornography test whether we still believe it.

3.64

873

🗣️ Free Speech Theory ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🚫 Censorship Debates 🛑 Hate Speech Law

Free Speech 88%

Silencing one dissenter wounds truth. Hate speech and pornography test whether we still believe it.

by Nigel Warburton 2009

3.64

873 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Theory ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🚫 Censorship Debates 🛑 Hate Speech Law

Republican Gomorrah

by Max Blumenthal • 2007

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

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1k+

🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

Republican Gomorrah 88%

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

by Max Blumenthal 2007

3.88

1k+ ratings

🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

by Bertrand Russell • 1957

Religion begins in fear, not truth. A philosopher's case against the foundations of belief.

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23k+

⛪ Religious Criticism 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Secular Humanism ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔬 Science And Religion

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects 88%

Religion begins in fear, not truth. A philosopher's case against the foundations of belief.

by Bertrand Russell 1957

4.00

23k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Criticism 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Secular Humanism ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🔬 Science And Religion

Liberty for All

by Andrew T. Walker • 2021

Only God judges souls, so the state cannot punish unbelief. That logic grounds real pluralism.

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141

🏛️ Political Theology 🕊️ Religious Liberty ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🌐 Religious Pluralism 🏙️ Secularism

Liberty for All 88%

Only God judges souls, so the state cannot punish unbelief. That logic grounds real pluralism.

by Andrew T. Walker 2021

3.92

141 ratings

🏛️ Political Theology 🕊️ Religious Liberty ⚖️ Christian Ethics 🌐 Religious Pluralism 🏙️ Secularism

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

by Arun Shourie • 1995

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

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243

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action Summary

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action 88%

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

by Arun Shourie 1995

4.17

243 ratings

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

Correct, Not Politically Correct

by Frank Turek • 2008

Same-sex marriage wasn't about rights. It sought endorsement, and children pay the price.

3.30

334

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 💍 Marriage Policy ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law Ethics 🗳️ Culture War Politics

Correct, Not Politically Correct Summary

Correct, Not Politically Correct 88%

Same-sex marriage wasn't about rights. It sought endorsement, and children pay the price.

by Frank Turek 2008

3.30

334 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 💍 Marriage Policy ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law Ethics 🗳️ Culture War Politics

Enthusiasm

by Ronald Knox • 1950

Montanists to Methodist revivals, a recurring temperament claims direct guidance, then unravels.

4.45

🏛️ Church History 📚 Historical Theology 🔥 Religious Extremism 🕯️ Mystical Heresies ✝️ Theology Of Grace

Enthusiasm 88%

Montanists to Methodist revivals, a recurring temperament claims direct guidance, then unravels.

by Ronald Knox 1950

4.45

51 ratings

🏛️ Church History 📚 Historical Theology 🔥 Religious Extremism 🕯️ Mystical Heresies ✝️ Theology Of Grace

Free Speech And Why It Matters

by Andrew Doyle • 2021

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

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1k+

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

Free Speech And Why It Matters 88%

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

by Andrew Doyle 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

The Battle for God

by Karen Armstrong • 2000

Fundamentalism is not faith's past. It is modernity's child, and opposition only feeds it.

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7k+

🌐 Comparative Religion 🔥 Religious Fundamentalism 🏙️ Modernity And Faith 🎭 Myth And Ritual 🚩 Religious Nationalism

The Battle for God 88%

Fundamentalism is not faith's past. It is modernity's child, and opposition only feeds it.

by Karen Armstrong 2000

3.95

7k+ ratings

🌐 Comparative Religion 🔥 Religious Fundamentalism 🏙️ Modernity And Faith 🎭 Myth And Ritual 🚩 Religious Nationalism

Why the Catholic Church Must Change

by Margaret Nutting Ralph • 2013

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

3.96

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 👩 Women In Religion

Why the Catholic Church Must Change Summary

Why the Catholic Church Must Change 88%

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

by Margaret Nutting Ralph 2013

3.96

28 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 👩 Women In Religion

The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism

by Christopher Hitchens • 2011

Faith corrodes, speech must be absolute, and some wars are just: Hitchens at his most unsparing.

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1k+

✝️ Religious Criticism ❌ New Atheism 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry ⛓️ Anti-Totalitarianism

The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism Summary

The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism 88%

Faith corrodes, speech must be absolute, and some wars are just: Hitchens at his most unsparing.

by Christopher Hitchens 2011

4.11

1k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Criticism ❌ New Atheism 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🔍 Skeptical Inquiry ⛓️ Anti-Totalitarianism

Free Speech

by Jacob Mchangama • 2022

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

4.18

500

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Free Speech 88%

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

by Jacob Mchangama 2022

4.18

500 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

The Great Agnostic

by Susan Jacoby • 2013

The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.

4.04

720

🏛️ American History 📚 Intellectual History 🙏 Religious Criticism 🔬 Reason And Science 🗽 American Freethought

The Great Agnostic 88%

The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.

by Susan Jacoby 2013

4.04

720 ratings

🏛️ American History 📚 Intellectual History 🙏 Religious Criticism 🔬 Reason And Science 🗽 American Freethought

Separation of Church and Hate

by John Fugelsang • 2025

Conservative Christianity fabricated a Jesus; the Bible's real one was radically progressive.

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16k+

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 📖 Biblical Criticism ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🌪️ Religious Deconstruction 😂 Religious Satire

Separation of Church and Hate 88%

Conservative Christianity fabricated a Jesus; the Bible's real one was radically progressive.

by John Fugelsang 2025

4.41

16k+ ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 📖 Biblical Criticism ✝️ Christian Nationalism 🌪️ Religious Deconstruction 😂 Religious Satire

Broken Words

by Jonathan Dudley • 2011

How the Religious Right built its power on beliefs the Bible never required.

4.25

134

🗳️ Evangelical Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🔬 Christianity And Science ⛪ Political Theology 🧠 Anti-Intellectualism

Broken Words 88%

How the Religious Right built its power on beliefs the Bible never required.

by Jonathan Dudley 2011

4.25

134 ratings

🗳️ Evangelical Politics 📖 Biblical Interpretation 🔬 Christianity And Science ⛪ Political Theology 🧠 Anti-Intellectualism

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

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93k+

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Infidel 88%

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation ⚖️ Honor Culture ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Godless

by Dan Barker • 2008

No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.

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7k+

📜 Biblical Criticism 💬 Atheist Apologetics 🚪 Deconversion Stories 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Secular Morality

Godless 88%

No first-century writer outside the Bible mentioned Jesus. That silence cost a preacher his faith.

by Dan Barker 2008

3.97

7k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Criticism 💬 Atheist Apologetics 🚪 Deconversion Stories 🧠 Psychology Of Religion ⚖️ Secular Morality

Outgrowing God

by Richard Dawkins • 2019

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

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6k+

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

Outgrowing God 88%

Humans have invented thousands of gods. A scientist's case for why yours is one of them.

by Richard Dawkins 2019

4.06

6k+ ratings

🧠 New Atheism ⛪ Religious Critique 🌍 Secular Humanism 🌐 Comparative Religion 📖 Biblical Criticism

The Nones

by Ryan P. Burge • 2021

One in four Americans has left religion. Data shows who might return, and why most won't.

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381

🗽 American Religion 🌍 Secularization 📊 Survey Research 🚫 Religious Nones ⚖️ Religion And Politics

The Nones 88%

One in four Americans has left religion. Data shows who might return, and why most won't.

by Ryan P. Burge 2021

3.82

381 ratings

🗽 American Religion 🌍 Secularization 📊 Survey Research 🚫 Religious Nones ⚖️ Religion And Politics

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran

by Robert Spencer • 2009

Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.

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891

🧕 Islamic Doctrine 📜 Scriptural Criticism 🗳️ Political Islam ⚔️ Anti-Islam Polemic 📖 Islamic Law

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran Summary

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran 88%

Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.

by Robert Spencer 2009

3.72

891 ratings

🧕 Islamic Doctrine 📜 Scriptural Criticism 🗳️ Political Islam ⚔️ Anti-Islam Polemic 📖 Islamic Law

Myth of Islamic Tolerance

by Robert Spencer • 2005

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

3.68

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam ⚔️ Jihad Ideology 🔄 Islamic Reform

Myth of Islamic Tolerance 88%

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

by Robert Spencer 2005

3.68

62 ratings

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam ⚔️ Jihad Ideology 🔄 Islamic Reform

Awake, Not Woke

by Noelle Mering • 2021

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

4.30

676

🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

Awake, Not Woke 88%

Woke ideology is a rival faith: it reduces the person to desire and injury alone.

by Noelle Mering 2021

4.30

676 ratings

🧭 Political Theology 🏛️ Catholic Social Teaching ⚖️ Woke Critique 💍 Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

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6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Holy Envy 88%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Relax, It's Just God

by Wendy Thomas Russell • 2015

Your kid asked about God. You don't believe. Here's what to say.

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🧒 Secular Parenting 📚 Religious Literacy 🌍 World Religions ⚖️ Secular Ethics 💔 Death And Grief

Relax, It's Just God 88%

Your kid asked about God. You don't believe. Here's what to say.

by Wendy Thomas Russell 2015

4.31

403 ratings

🧒 Secular Parenting 📚 Religious Literacy 🌍 World Religions ⚖️ Secular Ethics 💔 Death And Grief

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion

by John D. Wilsey • 2015

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

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🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion Summary

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion 88%

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

by John D. Wilsey 2015

4.17

175 ratings

🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

The Great Façade

by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002

Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.

4.30

🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church 📖 Liturgical Reform 📉 Ecclesial Decline 📜 Vatican Ii

The Great Façade 88%

Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.

by Christopher A. Ferrara 2002

4.30

77 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism 🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church 📖 Liturgical Reform 📉 Ecclesial Decline 📜 Vatican Ii

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women

by J. Lee Grady • 2000

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

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261

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse 🏛️ Religious Patriarchy 👩‍🦰 Women In Scripture

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women 88%

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

by J. Lee Grady 2000

4.13

261 ratings

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse 🏛️ Religious Patriarchy 👩‍🦰 Women In Scripture

Founding Faith

by Steven Waldman • 2008

The founders wanted religious freedom not despite their faith, but because of it.

4.07

872

🕊️ Religious Freedom ⛪ Church And State 🎩 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Constitutional Law 1️⃣ First Amendment

Founding Faith 88%

The founders wanted religious freedom not despite their faith, but because of it.

by Steven Waldman 2008

4.07

872 ratings

🕊️ Religious Freedom ⛪ Church And State 🎩 Founding Fathers ⚖️ Constitutional Law 1️⃣ First Amendment

Marx and Satan

by Richard Wurmbrand • 1986

Marxism isn't politics. It's devil worship wearing an atheist mask, and Marx's own play betrays him.

3.89

403

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 📜 Christian Apologetics ⛓️ Communist Persecution 😈 Satanic Panic 🌐 Cold War Christianity

Marx and Satan 88%

Marxism isn't politics. It's devil worship wearing an atheist mask, and Marx's own play betrays him.

by Richard Wurmbrand 1986

3.89

403 ratings

🗡️ Spiritual Warfare 📜 Christian Apologetics ⛓️ Communist Persecution 😈 Satanic Panic 🌐 Cold War Christianity

What Are Biblical Values?

by John J. Collins • 2019

The Bible never condemns slavery. Its values contradict. A scholar examines what it actually says.

4.07

153

📖 Biblical Studies ✝️ Christian Ethics 🔍 Historical Criticism 📝 Biblical Interpretation ⚖️ Biblical Authority

What Are Biblical Values? 88%

The Bible never condemns slavery. Its values contradict. A scholar examines what it actually says.

by John J. Collins 2019

4.07

153 ratings

📖 Biblical Studies ✝️ Christian Ethics 🔍 Historical Criticism 📝 Biblical Interpretation ⚖️ Biblical Authority

The Evangelicals

by Frances FitzGerald • 2017

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

4.16

2k+

⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism ⚔️ Culture Wars ⚖️ Church And State

The Evangelicals 88%

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

by Frances FitzGerald 2017

4.16

2k+ ratings

⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism ⚔️ Culture Wars ⚖️ Church And State

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

3.43

1k+

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary

10 Books That Screwed Up the World 88%

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

3.43

1k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

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