I am exceptionally grateful that John Loftus thought of me when shortlisting potential contributors to his latest anthology Christianity Is Not Great. Not only that, but my chapter on atheological morality, which I wrote a few months ago for him, was one of the chapters used in the proposal to Prometheus Books. And they have just accepted the project! Fantastic! Here is what John has just announced:
Another Anthology of Mine Will Be Published, “Christianity is Not Great”
Yep, and I’m as excited as can be. Prometheus Books has just accepted another book proposal of mine on the harms of Christian faith, titled after Christopher Hitchens’s NY Times bestselling book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
Introduction: An Overview of the Harms of Christian Faith.
Part One: Why Faith is Harmful:
1) The Folly of Faith, by Victor J. Stenger.
2) Faith: From Moral Virtue to Unreliable Reasoning Process, by Peter Boghossian.
Part Two: Political/Institutional Harms:
3) The Crusades and the Inquisition, by Jack David Eller.
4) The Witch Hunts, by John W. Loftus.
5) Colonization and the Wholesale Destruction of Indigenous People Groups, by Jack David Eller.
6) Christianity and the Rise of American Democracy, by Richard Carrier.
7) The Ugly Truth: Christianity and Slavery, by John W. Loftus
Part Three: Scientific Harms:
8) The Dark Ages, by Richard Carrier.
9) The Gender Binary & LGBTI People: Religious Myth and Medical Malpractice, by Veronica Dranz.
10) Christianity Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, by Harriet Hall.
11) The Christian Abuses of the Sanctity of Life, by Ronald A. Lindsay.
12) Christianity and the Environment, by William Patterson.
Part Four: Social and Moral Harms:
13) The Cultural Wars, by Ed Brayton.
14) The Harm of Christianity to Women, by Annie Laurie Gaylor.
15) Women of Color Beyond Faith, by Sikivu Hutchinson.
16) The Psychological Harms of Christianity, by Valerie Tarico and Marlene Winell.
17) Secular Sexuality: A Direct Challenge to Christianity, by Darrel W. Ray.
18) Abusive Pastors and Churches, by Nathan Phelps.
19) Christianity’s Lack of Concern for Animals, by John W. Loftus.
Part Five: Who’s to Judge and Correct Harms?
20) “Tu Quoque, Atheism?” – Our Right to Judge, by Jonathan Pearce.
21) Only Humans Can Solve Human Challenges, by James A. Lindsay.
22) Living Without God, by Russell Blackford.
More details will follow in the months to come. This will be a superior book without peer since it has superior contributors writing substantive chapters on many of the most important issues.
What was particularly nice was the first comment on John’s post:
Uhm, the first thing that came to mind was that this is going to create an intellectual mind orgasm!!! I can’t wait! John, love you for this one! Second, I’m really excited by the variety of authors on this one! I’m excited to see you included Boghossian, Pearce, and Blackford. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but Blackford is a philosopher who spends a great deal of time in ethics (I can’t double check the papers I have read, and whether he is the Blackford I read in my grad course on ethics). If I’m right then I’m deeply, deeply thrilled you included him! Anyway…great lineup! You don’t know how excited I am for this!!!
