books about: reasons     books:     Reasons      The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism Timothy Keller Dutton Adult, 2008 The gentle approach toward non-believers and the world. This book is unique in the sense that it doesn't encourage argument with non-believers but instead, understanding. Keller points out, very elegantly, that we need to know what we believe and understand the doubts about what we believe whether they're ours or someone ...             The Age of American Unreason Susan Jacoby Pantheon, 2008 Folks Are Not As Smart as They Used to Be Jacoby explains our cultural decline as thinking citizens. She is a left winger and spends a lot of time critiquing right wingers, although she criticizes the politically correct national history standards of 1994 and our unwillingness to have national teaching ...             Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith Scott Hahn Doubleday, 2007 "Powerful Reasons -- Powerfully Expressed" The term "apologetics" is often viewed negatively. Because of its etymological roots, many people view the word synonymously with "apology" in the common sense -- a labored defense of something done wrong, or a justification of that which cannot be justified. As ...             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Sam Harris W. W. Norton, 2005 Sam Harris presages Sarah Palin. Sam Harris writes: "In our next presidential election, an actor who reads his Bible would almost certainly defeat a rocket scientist who does not." If Stephen Prothero is correct in his book "Religious Literacy", which concludes that Americans are illiterate about ...             Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment Tal Ben-Shahar McGraw-Hill, 2007 Happiness is a source This book is a wonderful confirmation of my 77 years on earth. I have given three copies to my psychology compatriates. The basis for happiness is located inside and as with humor, wonder and curiosity fed by our contained energy part. So watch the drains (also in ...             The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Houghton Mifflin, 2006 A Book for Every Thinking Person's "Must Read" List One will readily expect the perceptions and reviews of Richard Dawkins' THE GOD DELUSION to fall along what might euphemistically be called "party lines." Blue Staters, rationalists, and the college educated (especially in mathematics, engineering, the sciences, and ...             Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings---And 7 Steps to End Them Naturally Neal D. Barnard St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 Food Awareness from a Chemical Standpoint Being a medical doctor and nutritionist, Neal Barnard explains the chemical reactions that take place in our brain and cause our bodies to crave or even worse become addicted to certain unhealthful foods. His remedy is most importantly, eating a proper breakfast with ...             Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher Razorbill, 2007 Perfectly Honest I have never enjoyed a book as much as this. It's not funny. It's not lighthearted. Warning: It will actually make you think. You will not see fresher writing anywhere else. Only in books like "Just Listen" have I seen such honest speaking about something so ...             Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out Marci Shimoff Free Press, 2008 What We Are All Looking For! Wonderful book showing you all the steps to find happiness...definitely reminds me of Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook also guiding you to finding happiness thru the Law of Attraction.             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 God is not Great Hitchen's book God is not Great is a thought provoking book that shows much of the violence that has been caused by people of faith. Hitchen's give historical, as well as personal examples of how religion has caused chaos, and even great ignorance around the world. ...             Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics William Lane Craig Crossway Books, 2008 Good but missing the work of Moser, Boyd, and Eddy A review of Bill Craig's third edition of Reasonable Faith by Michael Haney Since every picture is taken from a specific angle, here is `my' picture of Philosopher William Lane Craig's new third edition of his most distinguished book Reasonable Faith: Christian ...             Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion Stuart Kauffman Basic Books, 2008 A Beautiful Book, But Missing Just One Thing This book was a pleasure to read, very well-written and effectively integrating many important concepts from physics, biology, philosophy, cosmology, neurology, law, current events, economics, and other topics into a perspective that finds awe in the unfolding ...             Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason Alfie Kohn Atria, 2006 Could change our lives I found this book to be really thought provoking. It took me a while to read because it really brought up a lot of issues from my own childhood and helped me to examine them in light of how I raise my kids. I think that following the advice of this book is more ...             50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God Guy P. Harrison Prometheus Books, 2008 A must read, even if light on Christian apologetics Most of what I'd like to say about this engaging and easy-to-read book has already been said in previous comments. I appreciate Harrison's gentle yet penetrating approach, as well as his ability to level the playing field of all religions by referring to the "gods" of ...             Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity John W. Loftus Prometheus Books, 2008 Wake up people! A book that should wake Christians up from their Kantian dogmatic slumbers. A book for our age. Written in Neitzschean blood from a courageous thinker. I suggest reading it along with Dan Barker's "Godless". 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