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The end of faith : religion, terror, and the future of reason by Harris, Sam, 1967-

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The Oxford handbook of secularism / Secularism

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Religion and the new atheism : a critical appraisal

Table of Contents: “…Judaism and atheism : the challenge of secular humanism /…”
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Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek : the original cast adventures

Table of Contents: “…Belief Systems in Star Trek: Secular Humanism, Traditional Religion, and Cultural Imperalism /…”
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Thorstein Veblen and the enrichment of evolutionary naturalism by Tilman, Rick

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Veblen, evolutionary naturalism, and secular humanism -- The theory of cultural lag revisited -- Veblen's cultural lag applied and compared -- On sports, religion, and gambling -- Aesthetician of the commoners -- Veblen and the sociology of control -- Veblen, Darwin, and sociobiology -- Veblen and the sociologists of knowledge -- Veblen's anthropology and structural-functional theory -- Evolutionary naturalism : its progressive enrichment.…”
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Reading Appalachia from left to right : conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County textbook controversy by Mason, Carol, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : reading Appalachia -- Introduction : soul on Appalachian ice -- A modern American conflict -- True sons of Appalachia -- Sweet Alice and secular humanism -- Reproducing the souls of white folk -- The right soul -- Epilogue : writing Appalachia.…”
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Against Apocalypse : recovering humanity's wholeness by Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928-

Table of Contents: “…: Politics Between Life and Death -- World Order and Abendland : Toward Global Renewal -- Taming Leviathan : Beyond Political "Realism" -- World Maintenance : Loka-samgraha and Tian-Xia -- Relating Heaven and Humanity : Neither One Nor Two -- Humanizing Humanity : For a Post-Secular Humanism -- Farewell and "Ereignis" : Beyond Hard Power and Soft Power -- Dwelling in the World : On Rectifying Names.…”
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Education's end : why our colleges and universities have given up on the meaning of life by Kronman, Anthony T.

Table of Contents: “…What Is Living For? ; 2. Secular Humanism ; 3. The Research Ideal ; 4. Political Correctness ; 5. …”
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Living Faithfully in an Unjust World : Compassionate Care in Russia. by Caldwell, Melissa L.

Table of Contents: “…Compassion ; 2. Faith in a Secular Humanism ; 3. Practical Love ; 4. Developing Faith in a More Civil Society ; 5. …”
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Grand central question : answering the critical concerns of the major worldviews by Murray, Abdu

Table of Contents: “…""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Prologue""; ""1 Grand Central Questions""; ""Part One: Secular Humanism or the Gospel""; ""2 Secular Humanismâ€?…”
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Lincoln Gordon : architect of Cold War foreign policy by Smith, Bruce L. R.

Table of Contents: “…Dorothy and Dad -- Secular humanism at Fieldston -- Harvard in three years -- An American at Oxford -- Allison -- Mobilizing for war -- Controlling the atom -- Birth of the Marshall Plan, 1947-1948 -- The Marshall Plan in action, 1949-1950 -- NATO: from treaty to alliance -- London: a respite -- Business school professor, 1955-1960 -- The Alliance for Progress and JFK advisor -- Ambassador to Brazil -- Assistant secretary -- Johns Hopkins President -- What now? …”
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Lincoln Gordon : architect of Cold War foreign policy by Smith, Bruce L. R.

Table of Contents: “…Dorothy and Dad -- Secular humanism at Fieldston -- Harvard in three years -- An American at Oxford -- Allison -- Mobilizing for war -- Controlling the atom -- Birth of the Marshall Plan, 1947-1948 -- The Marshall Plan in action, 1949-1950 -- NATO: from treaty to alliance -- London: a respite -- Business school professor, 1955-1960 -- The Alliance for Progress and JFK advisor -- Ambassador to Brazil -- Assistant secretary -- Johns Hopkins President -- What now? …”
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The End of Conceit : Western Rationality after Postcolonialism. by Chabal, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…-- THREE Ideas -- Individual -- Society -- Freedom -- Faith -- Market -- Change -- FOUR Interpretations -- To think is to theorise -- To theorise is to explain -- To explain is to act -- To act is to think (again) -- EPILOGUE Three questions -- Secularism -- Human rights -- Sovereignty -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Zed Books.…”
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Right-Wing Populism in America : Too Close for Comfort. by Berlet, Chip

Table of Contents: “…From Old Right to New Right: Godless Communism, Civil Rights, and Secular Humanism; 11. Culture Wars and Political Scapegoats: Gender, Sexuality, and Race; 12. …”
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At the limits of the secular : reflections on faith and public life

Table of Contents: “…. -- Love and justice: engaging Benedict XVI on Christian discipleship in a secular age / Mary Doak -- Multiple belongings: the persistence of community amidst societal differentiation / Michele Dillon -- Engaging religious and secular humanisms / Slavica Jakelić -- Religions in a globalizing world / J. …”
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Greed, lust & gender : a history of economic ideas / Greed, lust and gender by Folbre, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…: Wealth demoralized ; The limits to growth ; Collective interests ; The corn laws ; Free trade ; Protectionism ; Selfish classes -- The social family : The social father ; The great dream ; Class and gender ; Owen's economics ; The appeal of one-half the human race ; Feminist socialism ; Utopian and scientific -- Equal opportunities : Napoleonic code ; Secular humanism ; The sexual radicals ; Le tribune des femmes ; The calculus of harmony ; The sexual welfare state ; Brook Farm ; Crazy attempts -- The subjection of women : The partnership ; The subjection of women ; Political activism ; A fundamental question -- Declaring independence : Peculiar institutions ; Equality and difference ; Collective interests ; The economic significance of family work ; Divorce and reproductive rights ; Balancing acts -- The icy waters : Revolutions ; Scientific self-interest ; The holy family ; The response to Bebel ; Bebel and social democracy ; The survival of the altruistic ; The free development of all -- The sacred sphere : Domestic advice ; The meaning of motherhood ; Neoclassical altruism ; Women's duties ; Virtue and consequences -- The unproductive housewife : Counting workers ; The U.S. and Massachusetss censuses ; A double bind ; Home economics and household production ; National income and the value of labor services ; The meaning of the adjectives -- The nanny state : Fear of fertility decline ; The family wage ; The Fabians ; The endowment of motherhood ; Minimum wages for women in the U.S. ; Birth control ; Sleeping Beauty awakes ; The glorious unfolding ; Public support and reproductive rights -- Human capitalism : Social welfare ; The opposite reaction ; Everyone a capitalist ; Capitalizing humans ; The altruistic family ; Families, gender inequality, and the state ; The third realm -- Beyond economic man : The waves ; Feminist economics ; Motivations ; Markets and non-markets ; The costs of care ; Gender norms ; Fairness, reciprocity, and care ; Gross national happiness ; Rational and caring people.…”
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The philosophy and politics of Bruno Bauer by Moggach, Douglas

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The Darkening Spirit : Jung, spirituality, religion. by Tacey, David

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The dust of death : the sixties counterculture and how it changed America forever by Guinness, Os

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Islam and the challenge of civilization by Meddeb, Abdelwahab

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Aliens adored : Rael's UFO religion by Palmer, Susan J.

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Culture wars : an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices

Table of Contents: “…. -- School of the Americas -- School Prayer -- School Shootings -- School Vouchers -- Schwarzenegger, Arnold -- Science Wars -- Secular Humanism -- Seeger, Pete -- September 11 -- September 11 Memorial -- Serrano, Andres -- Sex Education -- Sex Offenders -- Sexual Assault -- Sexual Harassment -- Sexual Revolution -- Sharpton, Al -- Sheen, Fulton J. -- Shelley, Martha -- Shepard, Matthew -- Shock Jocks -- Sider, Ron -- Silent Majority -- Simpsons, The -- Smoking in Public -- Socarides, Charles -- Social Security -- Sodomy Laws -- Sokal Affair -- Soros, George -- Southern Baptist Convention -- Soviet Union and Russia -- Sowell, Thomas -- Speech Codes -- Spock, Benjamin -- Springsteen, Bruce -- Starr, Kenneth -- Stay-at-Home Mothers -- Steinbeck, John -- Steinem, Gloria -- Stem-Cell Research -- Stern, Howard -- Stewart, Jon -- Stone, Oliver -- Stonewall Rebellion -- Strategic Defense Initiative -- Strauss, Leo -- Structuralism and Post-Structuralism -- Student Conservatives -- Students for a Democratic Society -- Summers, Lawrence -- Supply-Side Economics -- Symbionese Liberation Army -- Taft, Robert A. -- Talk Radio -- Tax Reform -- Televangelism -- Teller, Edward -- Ten Commandments -- Terkel, Studs -- Thanksgiving Day -- Think Tanks -- Third Parties -- Thomas, Clarence -- Thompson, Hunter S. -- Three Mile Island Accident -- Thurmond, Strom -- Till, Emmett -- Tobacco Settlements -- Tort Reform -- Transgender Movement -- Truman, Harry S. -- Turner, Ted -- Twenty-Second Amendment -- Unabomber -- United Nations -- USA PATRIOT Act -- Ventura, Jesse -- Victimhood -- Vidal, Gore -- Vietnam Veterans Against the War -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Vietnam War -- Vigilantism -- Voegelin, Eric -- Voting Rights Act -- Waco Siege -- Wall Street Journal, The -- Wallace, George -- Wallis, Jim -- Wal-Mart -- Walt Disney Company -- War on Drugs -- War on Poverty -- War Powers Act -- War Protesters -- War Toys -- Warhol, Andy -- Warren, Earl -- Warren, Rick -- Washington Times, The -- Watergate -- Watt, James -- Watts and Los Angeles Riots, 1965 and 1992 -- Wayne, John -- Wealth Gap -- Weekly Standard, The -- Welfare Reform -- Wellstone, Paul -- West, Cornel -- Weyrich, Paul M. -- Whistleblowers -- White, Reggie -- White Supremacists -- Wildmon, Donald -- Will, George -- Williams, William Appleman -- Wilson, Edmund -- Winfrey, Oprah -- Wolf, Naomi -- Wolfe, Tom -- Women in the Military -- Women's Studies -- Woodward, Bob -- World -- World Council of Churches -- World War II Memorial -- Wounded Knee Incident -- Young, Neil -- Zappa, Frank -- Zero Tolerance -- Zinn, Howard.…”
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