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Particularly recommended items are flagged with a red Connexions logo:

  1. Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
  2. Connexions Library: Religion Focus
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on religion.
  3. 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2009
    On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on freedom of expression – they are for it ‘in principle’, but only so long as it isn’t used to express views that they find unacceptable or offensive. What they disagree about is merely who gets to decide what ideas are unacceptable, i.e., who gets to censor who.
  4. Free speech for me - you shut up
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2008
    The right to express offensive views is at the very heart of the principle of free speech.
  5. The God Delusion
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    Dawkins' basic argument is that the collective irrational belief in "The God Hypothesis" is not only wrong ("intellectual high treason"), but pernicious.
  6. The Holy Family or Critique of Critical Criticism
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1845
  7. In Defense of Atheism
    The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2007
  8. In the name of GOD The abuses of religion
    New Internationalist August 2004
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 2004
    Discusses the relationship between religion. The role of religion within political issues.
  9. The Islamophobia Myth
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2005
    Pretending that Muslims have never had it so bad might bolster community leaders and gain votes for politicians, but it does the rest of us, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, no favours at all. The more that the threat of Islamophobia is exaggerated, the more that ordinary Muslims come to accept that theirs is a community under constant attack. It helps create a siege mentality, stoking up anger and resentment, and making Muslim communities more inward looking and more open to religious extremism.
  10. Jewish History, Jewish Religion
    The Weight of Three Thousand Years
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995
  11. Skeptical Inquirer
    The Magazine for Science and Reason - Periodical profile
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. Also promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues.

Experts on Religious Criticism in the Sources Directory

  1. Women Living Under Muslim Law


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