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1. Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion
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Why am I here? What happens after we die? These are some of the hardest questions a child can ask -- and even harder for parents to answer, especially if you've chosen to raise your child without religion.Gathering the perspectives of educators and psychologists, as well as wisdom from everyday parents, Parenting Beyond Belief offers insights and advice on a wide range of topics including:
- Instilling values
- Finding meaning and purpose
- Navigating holidays
- Coping with loss
- Finding community without religionand more
The second edition of this secular parenting bestseller brings back reflections from such celebrated freethinkers as Richard Dawkins and Julia Sweeney, and adds new voices including journalist Wendy Thomas Russell, essayist Katherine Ozment, sociologist Phil Zuckerman, and many others.
Wise, entertaining, and deeply supportive, the book will empower parents in their quest to raise ethical, compassionate, and open-minded childrenwithout religion.
2. Awkward Moments Children's Bible, Vol. 1
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How well do you know the Good Book? Written by a retired ministry leader, this book combines actual Bible verses with more than 30 whimsical original illustrations and commentaries to encourage readers (from all walks of faith) to think about how the Bible shapes our culture as Christianity continues to evolve. What began as a private online gag among interfaith friends quickly grew into a #1 Amazon Bestseller on its first day of sales - enjoyed by fundamentalist Christians and militant atheists alike!
BEWARE - NOT FOR KIDS! This is definitely not your average children's Bible! If you thought the bestselling parody "Go The F**k To Sleep" was inappropriate for story-time with kids, you haven't seen anything yet! Leave it to the Bible! However, this book is not a satire, but a real look into some of the more troubling passages from both the Old Testament and the New Testament - including the words and teachings of Jesus Christ, himself!
- Unicorn Murders
- Genocidal Behavior
- Foreskins Fetishes
- Boiled Babies
- Missing Messiah
- Selling Daughters
- Cannibalism Club
- Genetic Breakthroughs
- Demonic Bacon
- Gagged Women
- Jihad Jesus
- Historical manipulation of the Bible
- And much more!
Let's be honest - there are some things in the Good Book that are just... awkward! There are verses we'd like to forget or that have been changed throughout the centuries. There are many verses you've never heard before in church, let alone seen in your average children's Bible! Not to mention the verses that have been added over the centuries! The Awkward Moments Children's Bible is much more than an irreverent book for your coffee table! Christian readers, agnostics and atheists will find themselves laughing out loud while being encouraged to think about the Bible and Christianity in a new way.
Most people were raised in the religion chosen by their family. Young children learn a few Bible stories taken out of context and accept them without question. (On what basis could they possibly question their parents or church leaders?) After decades of repetition and tradition, it's understandable how we might put our beliefs on auto-pilot and just nod as a pastor repeats bizarre stories that are already familiar to us. It's no wonder that recent studies show an incredible lack of Biblical knowledge among Christians - 55% unable to even name the four Gospels of the New Testament - the very foundation of Christianity!
This book takes a much different tone than other authors who are critical of the Bible and Christianity. It is not as academic or dry as Bart Ehrman or Richard Carrier. It is not as arrogant or condescending as some find Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens or as blustery as many accuse Sam Harris or Daniel Dennett. Instead, Horus Gilgamesh takes the approach, "Let's assume that it's all true and work backwards from there." In doing so, the author directly challenges many of today's Christian leaders from Joel Osteen and Pat Robertson to Joyce Meyer and Ken Ham. This book is as much a critique on the evolution of Christian culture as it is about the history of the Bible.
The goal of this mock Children's book is not to do mock a reader's faith, but to encourage critical thinking! Awkward Moments (Not Found In Your Average) Children's Bible encourages readers to really understand what is in their Bibles and think for themselves about the context of Biblical teaching. The book will hopefully challenge Christian readers to reflect on how religion continues to shape the lives and culture of future generations. If readers happen to laugh out loud and enjoy the interactive puzzles and games in the mean time - it's just an added bonus!
3. Awkward Moments (Not Found In Your Average) Children's Bible - Vol. 2: Don't blame us - it's in the Bible! (Volume 2)
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STILL NOT FOR KIDS! If you thought our first bestseller was inappropriate for kids, this volume is barely appropriate for adults! More incest, genocide, talking animals, wrestling matches, martyrs, abortion, magic, homosexuality and selficide! What would Jesus do? You might be surprised what His own family thought of Him!From the opening foreword by Evangelical pastor, author, and professor Dan Kimball (of Vintage Faith Church), to the challenging commentaries in the second half of the book, Awkward Moments Children's Bible is much more than an irreverent book for your coffee table! Readers of all faiths will find themselves laughing out loud while being encouraged to think about the Bible in a new way.
Lets be honest - there are some things in the Good Book that are just... awkward! There are verses we'd like to forget or that have been changed throughout the centuries. There are many verses youve never heard before in church, let alone seen in your average childrens Bible! Not to mention the verses that have been added over the centuries!
Most people were raised in the faith chosen by their family. Young children learn a few Bible stories taken out of context and accept them without question. (On what basis could they possibly question their parents or church leaders?) After decades of repetition and tradition, it's understandable that we might put our beliefs on auto-pilot and just nod as a pastor repeats the verses and ideas that are already familiar and comfortable to us. It's no wonder that recent studies show an incredible lack of Biblical knowledge among Christians - 55% unable to even name the four Gospels of the New Testament - the very foundation of Christianity!
The Goal? Awkward Moments encourages readers to really understand what is in their Bibles and think for themselves about the context of Biblical teaching. The 32 color illustrations and included commentaries will likely challenge some readers to reflect on how religion continues to shape the lives and culture of future generations. If readers happen to laugh out loud in the mean time - its just an added bonus!
Skeptical about a verse? Crack open your favorite Bible and read along to share the Good News with friends!
REMEMBER: Don't blame us, it's in the Bible!
4. Relax It's Just God: How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You're Not Religious
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Relax It s Just God How and Why to Talk to Your Kids About Religion When You re Not ReligiousDescription
A step-by-step guide to raising confident, open-minded, tolerant kids -- as featured on the PBS NewsHourA rapidly growing demographic cohort in America, non-religious and progressively religious parents are at the forefront of a major and unprecedented cultural shift. Unable to fall back on what they were taught as children, many of these parents are struggling -- or simply failing -- to address issues of God, religion and faith with their children in ways that promote honesty, curiosity, kindness and independence.
The author sifts through hard data -- including the results of a survey of 1,000 secular parents -- and delivers gentle but straightforward advice to atheists, agnostics, humanists and open-minded believers. With a thoughtful voice infused with humor, Russell seamlessly merges scientific thought, scholarly research and everyday experience with respect for a full range of ways to view the world.
"Relax, It's Just God" goes beyond the numbers to assist parents (and grandparents) who may be struggling to find the right time place, tone and language with which to talk about God, spirituality and organized religion. It encourages parents to promote religious literacy and understanding and to support kids as they explore religion on their own -- ensuring that each child makes up his or her own mind about what to believe (or not believe) and extends love and respect to those who may not agree with them.
Subjects covered include:
- Talking openly about our beliefs without indoctrinating kids
- Making religious literacy fun and engaging
- Talking about death without the comforts of heaven
- Navigating religious differences with extended family members
- What to do when kids get threatened with hell
5. There Are Not Monsters Under Your Bed: A Storybook for Skeptical Thinkers
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There are over 15,000 religious children's books in print but virtually none for Atheists, Skeptics and Agnostics - until now. There Are Not Monsters Under Your Bed gives parents a fun way to discuss the fear behind religion with their children. This Kickstarter funded project is finally available for purchase.In the book, poor Connie is afraid of monsters. Her brother ID (Intelligent Design) uses every religious rationale to prove they do exist. Connie finally realizes that she doesn't need to be afraid of things you can't prove. It's a fun, rhyming story with colorful illustrations that gives children an introduction to critical thinking.
6. Me & Dog
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This endearing friendship story about a boy and his dog from a Pulitzer Prizewinning writer gently explores a timeless question: whos really in charge?Meet Sid. Hes an ordinary kid. Hes far from perfect. But to Murphy, Sids faithful dog, Sid is the whole world. Murphy thinks Sid is the absolute bestand that hes in charge of everything.
Sid loves Murphy right back, but he cant help but wonder what Murphy would think if he realized the truth: Sids just a kid, and Murphys just a dog, and neither one can control the world.
This deceptively simply picture book is the perfect start to a discussion about a subject seldom seen in childrens booksthe nonthreatening feel of a world based on fact and reason, and not faith.
7. Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief
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Praised by Newsweek as "a compelling read" and Library Journal as "accessible and down-to-earth," Dale McGowan's Parenting Beyond Belief offered freethinking parents everywhere a compassionate introduction to raising caring, ethical children without religious guidance. Now, for the more than 40 million people in the United States who identify themselves as nonreligious, Raising Freethinkers offers solutions to the unique challenges secular parents face and provides specific answers to common questions, as well as over 100 activities for both parents and their children. This book covers every important topic nonreligious parents need to know to help their children with their own moral and intellectual development, including advice on religious-extended-family issues, death and life, secular celebrations, wondering and questioning, and more.
Complete with reviews of books, DVDs, curricula, educational toys, and online resources relevant to each chapter topic, Raising Freethinkers helps parents raise their children with confidence.
8. Rumble
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Does it get better? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of bullying and forgiveness in this strong and worthy (Kirkus Reviews) novel.Matthew Turner knows it doesnt get better.
His younger brother Luke was bullied mercilessly after one of Matts friends outed Luke to the whole school, and when Luke called Matton the brink of suicideMatt was too wrapped up in his new girlfriend to answer the phone. Now Luke is gone, and Matts family is falling apart.
No matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about forgiveness, theres no way Matts letting those he blames off the hookincluding himself. As Matt spirals further into bitterness, he risks losing Hayden, the love of his life. But when her father begins to pressure the school board into banning books because of their homosexual content, he begins to wonder if he and Hayden ever had anything in common.
With brilliant sensitivity and emotional resonance, bestselling author Ellen Hopkinss Rumble explores bullying and suicide in a powerful story that examines the value of forgiveness and reconciliation.
9. Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son
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Why I Left Why I Stayed Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist SonDescription
Bestselling Christian author, activist, and scholar Tony Campolo and his son Bart, an avowed Humanist, debate their spiritual differences and explore similarities involving faith, belief, and hope that they share.
Over a Thanksgiving dinner, fifty-year-old Bart Campolo announced to his Evangelical pastor father, Tony Campolo, that after a lifetime immersed in the Christian faith, he no longer believed in God. The revelation shook the Campolo family dynamic and forced father and son to each reconsider his own personal journey of faithdual spiritual investigations into theology, faith, and Humanism that eventually led Bart and Tony back to one another.
In Why I Left, Why I Stayed, the Campolos reflect on their individual spiritual odysseys and how they evolved when their paths diverged. Tony, a renowned Christian teacher and pastor, recounts his experience, from the initial heartbreak of discovering Barts change in faith, to the subsequent healing he found in his own self-examination, to his embracing of his sons point of view. Bart, an author and Humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, considers his faith journey from Progressive Christianity to Humanism, revealing how it affected his outlook and transformed his relationship with his father.
As Why I Left, Why I Stayed makes clear, a painful schism between father and son that could have divided them irreparably became instead an opening that offered each an invaluable look not only at what separated them, but more importantly, what they shared.
10. In Faith and In Doubt: How Religious Believers and Nonbelievers Can Create Strong Marriages and Loving Families
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The claim is often made that interfaith marriages fail more often than same-faith partnerships. So what are the chances of survival for the ultimate mixed marriage - one between religious and nonreligious partners? Nearly 20 percent of Americans now self-identify as nonreligious, including millions who are married to religious believers. Despite the differences, many of these marriages succeed beautifully. In this landmark book, popular author and secular humanist Dale McGowan explores some of the stories of these unions, whose very endurance flies in the face of conventional wisdom, including his own marriage to a believing Christian. Drawing on sociology, psychology, and real-life experience, he shares: negotiation tips that set the stage for harmonious relationships; strategies for dealing with pressure from extended family; profiles of families who have successfully blended different world views; insights for helping kids make their own choices about religious identity; and advice for handling holidays, churchgoing, baptism, circumcision, religious literacy, and more. The first book of its kind, In Faith and In Doubt helps partners navigate the complexities of their situation while celebrating the extraordinary richness it affords their relationship, their children, and those around them.11. Grace Without God: The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age
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Grace Without God The Search for Meaning Purpose and Belonging in a Secular AgeDescription
Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2016"
Spirituality & Health Magazine Best Book of 2016
Nautilus Gold Award Winner 2016: Religion and Spirituality of Other Traditions
Religion News Association, First Place: Excellence in Nonfiction Religion Books
Meet the NonesIn this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion.
Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and more giving, connecting us to our past and creating tight communal bonds. Most Americans are raised in a religious tradition, but in recent decades many have begun to leave religion, and with it their ancient rituals, mythic narratives, and sense of belonging.
So how do the nonreligious fill the need for ritual, story, community, and, above all, purpose and meaning without the one-stop shop of religion? What do they do with the space left after religion? With Nones swelling to one-fourth of American adults, and more than one-third of those under thirty, these questions have never been more urgent.
Writer, journalist, and secular mother of three Katherine Ozment came face-to-face with the fundamental issue of the Nones when her son asked her the simplest of questions: what are we? Unsettled by her replyNothingshe set out on a journey to find a better answer. She traversed the frontier of American secular life, sought guidance in science and the humanities, talked with noted scholars, and wrestled with her own familys attempts to find meaning and connection after religion.
Insightful, surprising, and compelling, Grace Without God is both a personal and critical exploration of the many ways nonreligious Americans create their own meaning and purpose in an increasingly secular age.
12. Atheism For Kids
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What is an atheist? Where do religions come from? Does God exist?Atheism For Kids tackles these questions head-on, in a fun and beautifully-illustrated book written for children who are exploring religious ideas in an increasingly secular world.Atheism For Kids asks open-ended and non-judgmental questions about religion, with suggestions for how we might choose to live if we opt for an atheist or humanist lifestyle instead.
An indispensable guide for anybody parenting atheist children or interested in explaining religion to children, this book:
- Encourages critical and evidence-based thinking.
- Offers the foundations for a moral and spiritual framework outside of religion.
- Promotes key humanist values including tolerance and compassion for all, regardless of religious background or experience.
Atheism for Kids was written alongside the British National Curriculum, and is ideal for home educators or those teaching atheism in schools.
13. The Imaginarians (Volume 1)
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Christopher Loren, the author of unSpirituality Permission to Be Human brings a delightful and important message to children. In the story of the Imaginarians, children learn the difference between their imagination and the natural world. It is a simple illustrated story perfect for teachers and parents. Included in the back of the book are fun exercises for adults and children to explore the concepts of the story. In the tradition of books such as 'What is God' and 'Buddha at Bedtime' this book goes further explaining the dangers of psychological identification and the value of the natural world.14. Zeus, God and other myths!: Raising children without the oppression of religion! (Freedom of Choice)
