How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps
eBook - ePub

How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps

A Toolkit for Secular Activists

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps

A Toolkit for Secular Activists

About this book

Do you want the greatest challenges of the day to be addressed with thoughtful, reality-based solutions rather than with cherry-picked quotations from scripture? Do you want to shrink religion—especially fundamentalist religion—to the point that it plays no noticeable role in American public life? Do you want right-wing religious leaders to be so unpopular that politicians avoid them rather than pander to them for endorsements? Drawing on the latest social-scientific research on religion to help interested nonbelievers—and even progressive believers—weaken the influence of fundamentalist religion in society at large, How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps illustrates specific, actionable steps we all can take to facilitate fundamentalist religion's decline. It covers topics as far ranging as education, welfare, sex, science, capitalism, and Christmas, and each of the 10 chapters focuses on a specific action that research has shown can weaken religion, detailing why and how, and concluding with specific recommendations for individuals, local groups, and national organizations.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access How to Defeat Religion in 10 Easy Steps by Ryan T. Cragun in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Atheism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Step 1: Promote and Defend Secular Education
  7. Step 2: Empower Gender, Sexual, and Racial Minorities
  8. Step 3: Provide ā€œThis Lifeā€ Security
  9. Step 4: Encourage Sexual Liberation for Everyone
  10. Step 5: Stop Subsidizing Religion and Deregulate It
  11. Step 6: Encourage Regulated Capitalism
  12. Step 7: Support Education, Art, and Science
  13. Step 8: Syncretize Holidays and Rituals
  14. Step 9: Change Society to Value Critical Thinking and Scientific Inquiry
  15. Step 10: Teach Humanist Ethics in School
  16. Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. About the Author