Pitchstone Publishing: 52 books
by Richard Carrier
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Throughout the Roman Empire Cities held public speeches and lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state. There even existed something equivalent to universities, and medical and engineering schools. What were they like? What...
by James A. Lindsay, James A. Lindsay, Peter Boghossian
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
A call to action to address people's psychological and social motives for a belief in God, rather than debate the existence of God With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified...
God Bless America
Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
God Bless America lifts the veil on strange and unusual religious beliefs and practices in the modern-day United States. Do Satanists really sacrifice babies? Do exorcisms involve swearing and spinning heads? Are the Amish allowed to drive cars and use computers? Taking a close look at snake handling,...
by C. B. Brooks, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Perfect for those interested in learning more about what the Bible actually says but who have neither the time nor the interest to read the actual thing
Ever thought you should know more about what’s in the Bible, not because you believe in any religion, but because it’s the most read book...
Young, Sick, and Invisible
A Skeptic's Journey with Chronic Illness
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Drawing on her own deeply personal experiences, Ania Bula explores what it is like to live with unseen chronic disabilities. She paints a vibrant picture of what it is like to be diagnosed with two life-long debilitating conditions as a young adult and relates the challenges and frustrations of dealing...
No Sacred Cows
Investigating Myths, Cults, and the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
While belief in religious supernatural claims is waning throughout the West, evidence suggests belief in nonreligious supernatural claims is on the rise. What explains this contradiction? How can a society with a falling belief in God have a rising belief in ghosts, psychic powers, ancient astronauts,...
Killing in the Name of Identity
A Study of Bloody Conflicts
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
“Why do they hate us so?” Vamik Volkan has the most compelling, humane, and universal response to the riddle of our time. In this extraordinary and timely book, Volkan explains better than anyone the relationship between large-group identities and massive traumas and current events and ongoing...
Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing
An Introduction to Existential Risks
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Existential risk studies is a growing field that attempts to understand the greatest dangers to humanity from a scientific perspective. This book offers the first scholarly survey of existential risks, from asteroid impacts and climate change to molecular nanotechnology and machine superintelligence....
When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer
Humanism and the Challenge of Race
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The future of the United States rests in many ways on how the ongoing challenge of racial injustice in the country is addressed. Yet, humanists remain divided over what if any agenda should guide humanist thought and action toward questions of race. In this volume, Anthony B. Pinn makes a clear case...
by Aron Ra
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Religious fundamentalists and biblical literalists present any number of arguments that attempt to disprove evolution. Those with a sympathetic ear often fail to critically examine these creationist claims, leading to an ill-informed public and, perhaps more troubling, ill-advised public policy. As...
From Apostle to Apostate
The Story of the Clergy Project
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
What happens when your entire life and career are constructed around a religious faith that you no longer possess? Do you continue to promote a gospel that you have intellectually and emotionally rejected to maintain your livelihood and the support and respect you receive from your community? Or do...
Sharing Reality
How to Bring Secularism and Science to an Evolving Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Religions are a natural outgrowth of the intuitive ways of knowing that evolved with human culture. Though many people continue to find value in religious identity and community, intuitive knowledge has been eclipsed by a more effective way of knowing—the scientific way. A better way of relating...
by Richard Carrier
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
In this extensive sequel to Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, Dr. Richard Carrier explores the social history of scientists in the Roman era. Was science in decline or experiencing a revival under the Romans? What was an ancient scientist thought to be and do? Who were they, and who funded...
Resurrection: Faith or Fact?
A Scholars' Debate Between a Skeptic and a Christian
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Is there enough evidence to believe Jesus rose from the dead, or must such a judgment be based only on faith? Can the resurrection story be considered a fact of history, or should it be viewed as an ahistorical account? Two renowned professors, atheist Carl Stecher and Christian Craig Blomberg, engage...