In the new mega-anthology from best-selling editor Russ Kick, more
than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner
sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and wooly world of
organized belief. Richard Dawkins shows us the strange, scary
properties of religion; Neil Gaiman turns a biblical atrocity story
into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); Erik Davis
looks at what happens when religion and California collide; Mike Dash
eyes stigmatics; Douglas Rushkoff exposes the trouble with Judaism;
Paul Krassner reveals his “Confessions of an Atheist”; and
best-selling lexicographer Jonathon Green interprets the language of
religious prejudice. Among the dozens of other articles and essays,
you’ll find: a sweeping look at classical composers and Great
American Songbook writers who were unbelievers, such as Irving Berlin,
creator of “God Bless America”; the definitive explanation of why
America is not a Christian nation; the bizarre,
Catholic-fundamentalist books by Mel Gibson’s father; eye-popping
photos of bizarre religious objects and ceremonies, including
snake-handlers and pot-smoking children; the thinly veiled
anti-Semitism in the Left Behind novels; an extract from the rare,
suppressed book The Sex Life of Brigham Young; and rarely seen
anti-religious writings from Mark Twain and H.G. Wells. Further topics
include exorcisms, religious curses, Wicca, the Church of John
Coltrane, crimes by clergy, death without God, Christian sex manuals,
the “ex-gay” movement, failed prophecies, bizarre theology,
religious bowling, atheist rock and roll, “how to be a good
Christian,” an entertaining look at the best (and worst) books on
religion, and much more.
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ISBN
9781934708378
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Disinformation Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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