Crusade: The Unchecked and Unbalanced Role of Faith in America

by C. Allen Thompson

Overview

Has organized faith run amok in America? Has its desire to retain iron age myths surpassed our need as people to progress into the future? Are these beliefs more important than scientific advancements in biology and medicine? Some seem to think so. These people are known as the Religious Right. In Crusade, C. Allen Thompson takes an excursion into the origins of faith, the founding of America, and where America lost its way as the world's first secular nation, why the future of America depends on compromising these myths with modern findings and allowing reality to take precedence over myth, and how modern science has not only come under the breath of denial, but under violent attack, because of man's need to hold onto the beliefs of yesterday, in lieu of the revelations of today.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012394088
Publisher:	Zed Word Publications
Publication date:	01/19/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

C. Allen Thompson is a freelance writer, musician and online radio personality in Minneapolis, MN, and is currently working on a degree in evolutionary biology. He is also the author of The Smiling Atheist, which is an online blog about the world of atheists, as well as The Minneapolis Science Examiner. He has co-hosted popular atheist and science radio programs, and is currently the host of the podcast Unchecked and Unbalanced: The Return of Gonzo Politics. His influences range from Hunter S. Thompson and George Carlin, to Richard Dawkins and Douglas Adams.