The ISHV Cyber Think Tank is a digest of articles, interviews, and other musings compiled by ISHV Board Member Robert B. Tapp.
ARTICLES
Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation, by Leigh Eric Schmidt. rev. by Seth Perry
“…a cultural landscape in which “the struggle over God, revelation, and religious affiliation unfolded at the grassroots, rather than in universities or literary bohemias.” Perry: “Self-censorship in the face of overwhelming cultural pressure is as much a part of the American atheist experience as irreverent provocation….Compared with the violence wrought along lines of race, gender, and class, the challenges faced by atheists can seem minor, or quaint, or even funny. And the University of Miami will soon run a search for an endowed chair in “the study of atheism, humanism and secular ethics.” It took the donor more than 15 years and $2.2 million to get the university to agree to use the word “atheism” in the title, but the term might soon be an everyday presence.” read
David Breeden, The True Origin Story read
David Breeden, Ay Caramba! Decolonizing the Mind read
David Breeden, Outsourced Morality read
David Breeden, O Peugeot of many names read
David Breeden, The Mindfulness of Stoicism, Part 3 read Part 4 read Part 5 read
David Breeden, Ganesha, Nietzsche, Truth, Consequences read
Sanal Edamaruku: The Dangers of Dissent read
Atheism and Muslim Countries: A Conversation with the Moroccan Atheist Kacem El Ghazzali read
Derek Beres, Understanding (and Refuting) the Arguments for God (on Michael Shermer) read
CFI Secular Celebrant Program read
Secular Rescue at the Center for Inquiry read
Faith to Faithless read
Herb Silverman, From Jefferson to Trump read
TCP Co-Founder Adam Mann Steps Out of the Atheist Closet read
Alana Massey, Will a New Dawkins Foundation-Sponsored App Help Atheists Talk to Believers? read
Trav Mamone, Intolerant theists forcefully cancel an atheist meet in India read
David Breeden, One Hundred Years of Humanism read
Sean Illing, Can we be religious without God? Alain de Botton on “atheism 2.0.” read
David Breeden, The War of Positions and Communities of Resistance read
Pew, America’s Changing Religious Landscape read
Valerie Tarico, Addicted to Christianity? Former Christians Say Yes and No read
Thomas Gounley, Looking Back on Liberal, the Midwest’s Failed Atheist Utopia read
Andrew Sullivan, I Used to Be a Human Being read
Peter Boghossian,James Lindsay,Phil Torres, How to Fight Extremism with Atheism read
A Portrait of America’s First Atheists read
Thomas Nagel, How They Wrestled with the New (rev. Anthony Gottlieb’s new book on he Enlightenment) read
Valerie Tarico, The God Drug: When Religion Becomes an Addiction read
Dan Arel, Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness read
Richard Dawkins: The Rational Revolutionary by Intelligence Squared read
“What Would Jesus Do?” Is a Question for Atheists Too, Says Penn Jillette read
Steven Nadler, Why Spinoza still matters read
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Undercover atheists read
Pat Green, I’m Sorry For My Part In Creating The Monster And I Hope You Forgive Me read
Owen Jones delivers the Holyoake Lecture 2016 read
Foundation Beyond Belief at Great Nonprofits, read
Roy Speckhardt, What Unites and Divides Humanism read
John Dietrich, Thoughts on God read
David Breeden, One Hundred Years of Humanism read
Jennifer Hancock, Humanist Videos on Amazon Prime. read
David Breeden, Theology is Words, Words Matter read
David Breeden, Sharing in the Anthropocene read
Center for Inquiry: The Virtue of Failure read
David Breeden, Humanism: Without God, Not Anti-God read
U.S. House Scorecard, 114th Congress — Center for Freethought Equality read
Carl Sagan on Moving Beyond Us vs. Them, Bridging Conviction with Compassion, and Meeting Ignorance with Kindness read
The Conversation, Here are 5 big reasons why Americans are turning away from religion — according to science read
Richard Flory, The changing nature of America’s irreligious explained read
David Breeden, Alternative Facts and Reason in Religion read
AUDIO/VISUAL
Stephen Law. “What, if anything, makes an all-good god less absurd than an all-evil one?Philosophy for our Times” (4 min) watch
Intercepted Podcast: The Clock Strikes 13, and Donald Trump Is President:
The Future of Humanism, 100 years of Dietrich. Part 1 (26 m) watch Part 2 (29m) watch Part 3 (30m) watch Part 4 (29m) watch
An Evening with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris (2) listen
Sara Silverman devastated by Christopher Hitchens (4 min) watch
The legend of Christopher Hitchens (Pt. 1, 21m) watch
Sam Harris and Bill Maher (12m) watch
The Holyoake Lecture 2016, with Owen Jones | Towards a humanist politics listen