ATHEISM, SECULARISM AND HUMANISM

Reviews:

  • “Review:  A Religious Atheist:  Mitchell Silver on “Living without God” (Jewish Currents, Autumn 2009)
  • “Review:   Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided (by Jeff Noonan, free inquiry, August/September 2009 Volume 29 Number 5)
  • “Living with Hope?, rev. of Ronald Aronson, Living Without God” (by  Ophelia Benson, New Politics, Vol. XII, No. 3, Whole Number 47; posted June 13, 2009)
  • “Book review:  Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided”  (by Chris Brockman, theHumanist, May/June 2009)
  • “The New Atheism, and Something More”  (by Peter Steinfels/Beliefs, New York Times, February 14, 2009; posted February 13, 2009)
  • “Together without God” (by Jim Farmelant,  MRZine, A Project of the Monthly Review Foundation;  posted January 5, 2009.)
  • “Worldview Elements: review of Living Without God” (by Tom Clark, Center for Naturalism/Naturalism.org, December 2008)
  • “The next phase after Dawkins/Hitchens et al.” (Amazon review by  E. Gallion, December 18, 2008)
  • “Review: Living Without God” (by Taner Edis,  The Secular Outpost/blog for the Secular Web, Thursday, December 11, 2008)
  • “10 Books about Atheism You’ll Want for Christmas” (by Hermant Mehta,  Friendly Atheist, November 29, 2008)
  • “In Review:  A Moral Path for Secular Humanists (Living without God)”  (by Barbara Kopitz, Humanistic Judaism,  Vol. 36 2008/4 -Autumn)
  • “Without Illusions:  Doug Ireland welcomes a passionate and practical approach to secularism” (New Humanist Volume 123 Issue 5 September/October 2008)
  • “A New New Atheist” (The Revealer: A Daily Review of Religion in the Press, September 2008)

Other Mentions:

  • Is Atheism Just a Rant Against Religion?: Humanists Say Atheists Need to Offer More Vision Than Rhetoric (by Benedicta Cipolla, Religion News Service, in The Washington Post, Saturday, May 26, 2007; B09)

Discussion and Interviews:

  • Interview with Carole Hallundbaek,  The Godspeed Institute for Spiritual Learning (Godspeed Institute, and   Progressive Radio Network, 11/21/10, posted 11/22/10)
  • “About Living without God,” Interview with Jonathan Judaken, Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, University of Memphis  (Counterpoint Radio/WMUR 91.7, August 3, 2010)
  • Freethought Radio: Interview with Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor (July 4, 2009, Freethought Radio)
  • “Living without God” Interview with Robert Lorei, “Radioactivity: Live Call-In”  (WMNF 88.5 FM Community Radio, Tampa, May 14, 2009)
  • Interview:  “Aronson’s guide for the godless:  A WSU prof contemplates America as a not-so-religious nation” (Detroit metrotimes 1/7/2009)
  • “Living without God” Interview with Peter Werbe, “Nightcall” (November 9, 2008, WRIF 101.1, and WCSX 94.7, WMGC 105.1, Detroit, 26 minutes beginning 2:13:40)
  • “The Day After: How an Obama Presidency May Affect Humanists,” Ruth N. Geller (Humanist Network News, Institute for Humanist Studies; posted November 5, 2008)
  • “Coming Out as Secularists: The Election and Beyond”  Interview on “State of Belief,” hosted by Rev. C. Welton Gaddy (October 25/26, 2008; minutes 19-29; Air America Radio)
  • “An Interview with Ronald Aronson”, by Marilyn Westfall (The Eloquent Atheist, September 11, 2008)  See also “Atheist to Baptist: We Need to Talk” (The Eloquent Atheist, October 22, 2008)
  • “What about Democrats who are not ‘people of faith’?”  Interview on “State of Belief,” hosted by Rev. C. Welton Gaddy (August 23/24, 2008; minutes 2:40 – 12:30; Air America Radio)
    See also:   http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_10216736 (posted August 18, 2008); and “The Dem’s ‘Unity” Event” Secularists Semi-Invited” (The Huffington Post / Off the Bus, posted August 14, 2008).
  • “Is Atheism Just a Rant Against Religion?” (Washington Post, May 26, 2007)

Selected writings:

  • “Open hearted” (New Humanist, June 2011, posted June 1, 2011)
  • “Between Heaven and Earth:   Ronald Aronson on the false choice between god and science” (tpm the philosophers’ magazine, Issue 48/posted March 10, 2010)
  • “The Reason ‘Everything Happens for a Reason'” (theHumanist / Philosophically Speaking, May/June 2009)
  • “40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out”  (Religion Dispatches, April 29, 2009/posted April 28, 2009; AlterNet Rights & Liberties, posted May 5, 2009)
  • “A Nation of Believers and Nonbelievers – Second Thoughts on Obama’s Inaugural Speech” (The Huffington Post, Posted January 28, 2009 | 05:28 PM EST)
  • “After the Election: Tasks for Secularists”  (Secular Humanism Online News, Vol. 4, No. 11, Council for Secular Humanism,  November, 2008)
  • “Don’t count us out: Nation of believers must not marginalize  or worse undercount  secularists, an invisible minority” (USA Today, October 20, 2008)
  • “All Ye Unfaithful” (The Nation, October 27, 2008/posted October 8, 2008 as  “Agnostic, Atheist Votes Matter in November”)
  • “A ‘New Atheist’ Responds to EthicsDaily.com”  (EthicsDaily.com, posted October 6, 2008)
  • “GUEST COMMENTARY:   What about Democrats who are not “people of faith?”  (denverpost.com, posted August 18, 2008)
  • “The Dem’s ‘Unity” Event” Secularists Semi-Invited” (The Huffington Post / Off the Bus, posted August 14, 2008)
  • “THE NEW ATHEISTS”   (Cover, The Nation, June 25, 2007/posted June 7, 2007)
  • “Exchange: Amen to All That – Our Readers and Ronald Aronson” (The Nation, Dec 17, 2007; posted Nov 28, 2007)
  • “Thank who very much?” (The Toronto Star, September 3, 2006)
  • “Thank Who Very Much? Gratitude in a Godless World”. (TPM/The Philosphers’ Magazine Online, July 27, 2006)
  • “Finding Faith in Disbelief”.  (The Common Review, Volume 4, Number 4, Spring 2006, 31-35)
  • “Faith No More”.  (Book Forum, Oct/Nov 2005)