Advantages: A good attempt to put the Gospels in a modern setting Disadvantages: Just doesn't quite work
The story of Jesus has been told in any number of ways and in any number of forms. There have been films made of it, there have been various translations of the Bible and even your school's nativity play is a re-telling of part of the story of Jesus. A ...
Holding somewhere in the region of over 2,000 songs and hymns written for Christians to sing in church by other Christians, this is one of the many music books that are currently in circulation to help those people in singing; playing, or just learning ne ...
Advantages: Well-written and strong arguments from history, through philosophy and "in the field" Disadvantages: Political blind spots and ultimately does not make a completely convincing argument
God is Not Great With a subtitle like “How Religion Poisons Everything” Christopher Hitchens’ critique of all organized belief systems is not what you would call subtle. It is infused with an aggressive intelligence from the start. We follow the child Hi ...
Advantages: Historical facts well researched Disadvantages: Hitchens is prone to Cherry picking
God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion By Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) Atlantic Books 9.99, pp320 I should’ve guessed that Hitchens would prick my curiosity antennae, not via the title of the b ...
Advantages: Offers some well-reasoned criticism of theism Disadvantages: Makes little effort to find any reasons other than religion for world conflicts
As an atheist I assumed that reading a book from Hitchens on the subject would be a case of "preaching to the choir", but the more I read the more frustrated I became with Hitchens' determination to debate the validity of religious texts and the incessant ...
