Religious Studies

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Religious Studies

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Subjects

Add free, open Religious Studies subjects	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English
Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

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Ideas

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Select Blogs

Koopman, Colin. 2010. requiem for certainty: William James’s Ethics of Faith. April 26. cwkoopman.wordpress.com/

Select References

Evolutionary Biology and Religious Studies

Atran, Scott. 2002. In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion. (illus.). USA: Oxford University Press.

Boyer, Pascal. 2002. Religion Explained: The Human Instincts That Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors. Vintage.

Dawkins, Richard. 2008. The God Delusion. Mariner Books.

Dawkins, Richard. 1976. The Selfish Gene. (2nd ed.). (The meme idea). USA: Oxford University Press.

Dennett, Daniel C. 2007. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. Penguin.

Ridley, Matt. 1998. The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation. Penguin.

Wilson, David Sloan. 2002. Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society. Chicago, IL: University Of Chicago Press.

History

Ahlstrom, Sydney E. 2004. 1973. A Religious History of the American People. (2nd ed.) New Haven: Yale University Press.

Religious Texts

Religious Texts. 2010. Religion - Religious Texts. web.archive.org

Select Video

Dawkins, Richard. 2002. An Atheist's Call to Arms. Accessed online video: July 17, 2007. Monterey, CA: Ted Talks.

Dennett, Daniel. 2006. A Secular, Scientific Rebuttal to Pastor Rick Warren. Accessed online video: July 17, 2007. Monterey, CA: Ted Talks.