Editorials

4

The Eupraxsophy of Hope

Paul Kurtz

Letters

9

Leading Questions

7

Do the New Atheists Make America More Unscientific?
A Conversation
with Chris Mooney

Reflections

11

Twenty Years of African Americans for Humanism

Tom Flynn

News Beat

12

Council Wins Interim Victory in Church-State Suit

Nathan Bupp

13

Witch Hunter Sues Humanist Activist in Attempt to Quell Criticism

Nathan Bupp

Op-Ed

8

Pull the Plug—on Catholic Charities

Tom Flynn

14

Science and Public Opinion

Wendy Kaminer

15

Walking the Talk

Arthur Caplan

16

Senseless Security

Christopher Hitchens

17

Real Education Reform

Nat Hentoff

18

Inglorious Basters

Katrina Voss

Features

19

Fading Faith

James A. Haught

27

Is the Universe Rational?

Taner Edis

30

Subjection and Escape, Part 3
An American Woman’s
Muslim Journey

Lisa Bauer

37

The Grinch Who Stole Valentine’s Day

Luis Granados

Departments

44

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

45

Great Minds
Stephen Crane: The Black Badge of Unbelief

Gary Sloan

47

Faith and Reason
Descansos:
Religion and Roadside Memorials

Benjamin Radford

48

It’s Only Natural
What Science Says about
Our Place in Nature

John Shook

50

Living Without Religion
The Regrettable Return
of ‘Nonsectarianism’

Stuart Whatley

51

Islam Watch
Probing the Roots of Islam, Part 2

Ibn Warraq

53

‘FI and Me’ Contest Winners Announced

Reviews

55

Bright-sided: How the Relentless
Promotion of Positive Thinking
Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Reviewed by
Matt Marshall

56

Good without God: What a Billion
Nonreligious People Do Believe
by Greg M. Epstein

Reviewed by
Tom Flynn

58

The Family—The Secret
Fundamentalism at the Heart
of American Power
by Jeff Sharlett

Reviewed by
Stuart Jordan

60

36 Arguments for the Existence
of God: A Work of Fiction
by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Reviewed by
Austin Dacey

Poetry

36

The Animals, All the Animals

Philip Appleman

40

Hymn of Praise to the Intelligent Designer

Philip Appleman