Pitchstone Publishing: 52 books
The Necessity of Secularism
Why God Can't Tell Us What to Do
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
For the first time in human history, a significant percentage of the world’s population no longer believes in God. This is especially true in developed nations, where in some societies nonbelievers now outnumber believers. Unless religion collapses completely, or undergoes a remarkable resurgence,...
Enemies on the Couch
A Psychopolitical Journey Through War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
For more than 30 years, renowned psychoanalyst Vamik D. Volkan has applied the theories of his profession to societies in conflict, venturing into cauldrons of unrest as observer, mediator, and practitioner. In this volume, he shares his experiences facilitating dialogue between opposing enemy groups,...
Psychoanalytic Technique Expanded
A Textbook on Psychoanalytic Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
In this pioneering textbook, a master psychoanalyst makes his innovative “field work” teaching technique available to seasoned practitioners and budding students alike. They can, figuratively, sit outside the one-way mirror to watch Dr. Volkan treat patients with neurotic, borderline, and narcissistic...
End
What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Comparing the views of religion and science on the end of the world, this book argues we are worried about precisely the wrong scenarios Presenting the most comprehensive yet accessible exploration of beliefs about the end times to date, The End looks at both religious and secular apocalypses. It...
Parenting Without God
How to Raise Moral, Ethical and Intelligent Children, Free from Religious Dogma
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
One of the very few parenting books written specifically for the 1 in 5 Americans who lack a belief in God
Parenting Without God is for parents who lack belief in a god and who are seeking guidance on raising freethinkers in a Christian-dominated nation. It will help parents give their children...
What the Bible Really Does (and Doesn't Say) about Sex
The How, When, Why, and With Whom of Scriptural Prohibitions and Permissions
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Addresses the often unhealthy and troublesome relationship between sex and religion, covering such issues as gay rights, reproductive rights, and abortion People are constantly judged for their sexual choices, their frequency of sexual activity, their selection of partners, and their decisions regarding...
by Dan Barker
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
What drives us to be good? How do we even know how to be good? Philosophers and theologians have dealt with such questions for millennia, but Dan Barker thinks the answers are not so complicated. In Mere Morality, he argues there's no need to appeal to supernatural commandments or the fear of some...
The Earthbound Parent
How (and Why) to Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Richard A. Conn, Jr. demonstrates why all parents who value science and reason can help stop the centuries-old practice of religious indoctrination and offers advice on how to encourage children to discover the world and their place in it for themselves. Only by teaching them that we are in this world...
The Trouble with God
A Divine Comedy about Judgment (and Misjudgment)
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In this riotous, globetrotting sequel to The Story of God, the universe's premier antihero, God, returns, as lonely, misguided, angry, and troubled as ever. Regretting many of the decisions he made in his debut book, and wrestling with his continued ambivalence to both his son(s) Jesus and his frenemy...
PsychoBible
Behavior, Religion & the Holy Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
With 2,000 religious denominations and nearly 500,000 churches and temples in the United States, the Bible is not only doctrinally confusing, but behaviorally confusing, too. Is it a sin to drink alcohol? Will prayer cure the sick? Is homosexuality an abomination? Why is celibacy so highly valued?...