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CONTENTS

30 (2009/2010)/1 (Dec./Jan.)

20 The Fact of Evolution Richard Dawkins
24 Attitudes of Educated Orthodox Jews Toward Science A survey Alexander Nussbaum
30 Subjection and Escape An American woman's Muslim journey, part 2 Lisa Bauer
36 Environmental Philosophy's Challenge to Humanism Revaluing Cosmopolitan Ethics Hugh McDonald
EDITORIALS
4 The 'True Unbeliever' / Celebrating Thirty Years of Free Inquiry Paul Kurtz
LETTERS 9
LEADING QUESTIONS
7 The Secular Humanism of Star Trek: A Conversation with Susan Sackett
REFLECTIONS
8 A Look Back CFI Staff
12 Farewell to Two Black Humanist Activists Norm R. Alien Jr.
OP-EDs
11 Above and Beyond Tom Flynn
13 Keeping America Safe? Wendy Kaminer
14 Kidneys for Sale? Peter Singer
15 Irving Kristol and the Radicalization of American Conservatism Shadia Drury
16 Paradoxes about Intruding on Nature Tibor R. Machan
17 Freedom from Free Will Thomas W. Clark
18 Some of My Best Friends Are Atheists Katrina Voss
19 Basava Premanand, 1929-2009 Innaiah Narisetti
DEPARTMENTS
46 Church-State Update Edd Doerr
47 Great Minds
Emily Dickinson: Pagan Sphinx Gary Sloan
49 Living Without Religion
Caveat Emptor The atheist as consumer advocate S.C. Hitchcock
50 Islam Watch
Notre Dame Conference Probes the Roots of Islam, Part 1 Ibn Warraq
52 God on Trial
Cole's Prayer Paul Wayne
53 Faith and Reason
Agnosticism Revisited Neil H. Petrie
55 Humanism and Society
The Quintessential Secular Institution Frank L. Pasquale
57 Humanism at Large
How to Defend the Ban on Gay Marriage Advice for believers Christian Wright
REVIEWS
58 Icons of Unbelief: Atheists, Agnostics, and Secularists edited by S. T. Joshi Reviewed by Edd Doerr
59 Reinventing the Sacred: A New view of Science, Reason, and Religion by Stuart A. Kauffman Reviewed by Paul Bassett
61 What Is Man? And Other Irreverent Essays by Mark Twain Reviewed by William Harwood
63 W.K. Clifford and "The Ethics of Belief" by Timothy J. Madigan Reviewed by Tom Flynn
POETRY by Joe Nickell
41 Dances of Life, Dances of Death

29 (2009)/6 (Oct./Nov.)

Editorials
4 Two-and-a-Half Cheers for Progressive Humanism
Plus: Health Care Is a Human Right Paul Kurtz
Op-Ed
14 It's Amazing What You Can Find By Looking Tom Flynn
16 An Eid Too Far Christopher Hitchens
18 The Trouble with Organ Trafficking Arthur Caplan
20 Will Bush-Cheney's Chief Torture Lawyer Face Justice? Nat Hentoff
22 The Ties that Bind Janet L. Factor
24 Scholars Probe Religious/Secular Tensions at The New School Nathan Bupp, Ibn Warraq, Derek Araujo
Departments
8 Letters
12 Leading Questions
Christian Hypocrisy, World Hunger, and the Secularist Response: A Conversation with Peter Singer
46 Church-State Update Edd Doerr
48 Living without Religion
This Is It: Confessions of a Skeptic Will Cooper
50 God on Trial
Theism as Hate Propaganda: Can One Be Good with God? David Rand
52 Humanism at Large
The Importance of Definitions S.C. Hitchcock
Features
28 The Subversion of Lisa Bauer
An Introduction by Richard Dawkins
30 Subjection and Escape, Part 1
An American Woman's Muslim Journey Lisa Bauer
37 John Dewey, Philosophical Radical Phillip Kitcher
39 Painful Junction N. Bonaparte
41 Clericalism and Anticlericalism in Spain Edd Doerr
43 Against Tolerance Stephen Gallagher
Poem
57 A Dream Katerina Stoykova-Klemer
53 Darwin: A Life in Poems by Ruth Padel Matt Marshall
54 Forced into Faith: How Religion Abuses Children's Rights by Innaiah Narisetti Floris van den Berg
55 Is Goodness without God Good Enough? by Robert K. Garcia & Nathan L. King Norm R. Allen Jr
58 Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination Created by Benjamin Radford John Shook

29 (2009)/4 (Aug./Sep.)

Editorials
4 The Future of Secular Humanism in America
Plus: Does the Universe Have Meaning? Paul Kurtz
Op-Ed
14 Two Cheers for Same-Sex Marriage Tom Flynn
16 The Holocaust, Rwanda—Never, Ever Again! Nat Hentoff
18 Torture at the Polls Wendy Kaminer
20 A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush James A. Haught
21 Without Free Will Tibor Machan
22 Against Grand Narratives, Part 2 Shadia B. Drury
24 Thank You, Science Fiction Katrina Voss
Departments
9 Letters
13 Leading Questions
Living Well without God: A Conversation with Eric Maisel
52 Church-State Update Edd Doerr
54 Living Without Religion
Atheist Bus Ads Turn Heads in Canada and Worldwide Justin Trottier
56 Faith and Reason
Sublime Naturalism Lawrence Rifkin
Poem
By J.D. Schraffenberger
53 In the Beginning
Features
DESIGNER MOODS
The Ethics of Neurochemical Enhancement
26 Designer Moods: The Ethics of Neurochemical Enhancement David Koepsell
28 Social Pressures for Technological Mood Management James J. Hughes
33 The Case for Happy-People Pills Mark Alan Walker
37 The Uncharted Moral Landscape of Designer Personalities Ronald A. Lindsay
41 Profiles of the Godless
Results from a Survey of the Nonreligious Luke W. Galen
46 Visions and the Origins of Christianity Mary K. Matossian
Reviews
58 Living Without God: New Directions for Atheists, Agnostics, Secularists, and the Undecided by Ronald Aronson Jeff Noonan
60 Quantum Gods by Victor J. Stenger Stuart Jordan
61 Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU by Wendy Kaminer Tom Flynn
62 Pessimism to Realistic Hope: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program for Depression and Self-Esteem by Tony Picchioni Mary Ann Bamhart
62 Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling by Robert Kunzman Edd Doerr
63 God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge Matt Marshall
64 Helix by Eric Brown Tom Flynn
65 The Other Preacher in Lynchburg: My Life Across Town from Jerry Falwell by John Killinger Edd Doerr
65 Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church-State Wars by Jay Wexler Edd Doerr

29 (2009)/4 (June/July)

Editorials
4 A Call for New Planetary Institutions
Plus: The Rights of the Child / Torture and American Democracy / Are There Secularists in the Trenches? Paul Kurtz
Op-Ed
14 Secularization Renewed? Tom Flynn
16 Why We Need to Keep Giving, Now Peter Singer
18 'Trust Us' Wendy Kaminer
20 Against Grand Narratives, Part 1 Shadia B. Drury
22 2009 Templeton Award Goes for Proving... Um, What? Derek C. Araujo
24 How to Deny Anthropogenic Global Warming : Advice for Believers Christian Wright
Departments
9 Letters
13 Leading Questions
Why Evolution Is True: A Conversation with Jerry A. Coyne
46 Church-State Update Edd Doerr
47 Great Minds
On the Bicentennial of the Death of Thomas Paine, June 8, 1809 Kenneth W. Burchell
50 Applied Ethics
Redefining Death Elliot D. Cohen
52 Faith and Reason
Protestant Diploma Mills Alan Contreras
54 Humanism at Large
On the Policing of Genetic Porn Katrina Voss
Features
WHAT'S WRONG WITH FAITH-BASED FUNDING?
26 Safeguarding Religious Liberty in Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Initiatives Daniel Horowitz and Ruth Mitchell
32 The Faith-Based Initiative 2.0: Can We Unplug It? Rob Boston
35 Keeping the Faith, Ignoring the History Susan Jacoby
37 Seven Reasons Obama's Faith-Based Initiative Is Wrong D.J. Grothe
39 The Cross in the Doughnut Hole
A different church-state test for the Obama White House Ronald A. Lindsay
41 My Struggle for Equality Taslima Nasrin
Poems
By Felicia Nimue Ackerman
53 Light
60 Strawberry Ice Cream for Breakfast
Reviews
56 Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America—and Found Unexpected Peace by William Lobdell Brian T. Sullivan
58 Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism by Paul Kurtz Daniel M. Kane
59 Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement by Kathryn Joyce Edd Doerr
60 Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie by Philip Appleman Rob Boston
61 The Book of Atheist Spirituality by Andre Comte-Sponville Bill Cooke
63 Tomorrow's Table, Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food by Pamela C. Ronald and Raoul W. Adamchack John Frantz

29 (2009)/2 (Feb./March)

Editorials
4 Overcoming the Global Economic Tsunami Paul Kurtz
Additional Editorials by Paul Kurtz with Austin Dacey, Tom Flynn, Ruth MitcheU, and Toni van Pelt
Op-Ed
14 Let My Person Go! Tom Flynn
16 Freedom of Thought Ronald A. Lindsay
18 The Sad Case of Motl Brody Arthur Caplan
20 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Wendy Kaminer
22 President Obama Faces Legal Black Holes Nat Hentoff
24 Debating Douglas Christopher Hitchens
26 Evolution and Other 'Problem Science' Katrina Voss
Poem
62 It Jeredith Merrin
Reviews
58 Nauvoo Polygamy: "... But We Called It Celestial Marriage" By George D. Smith Paul Kurtz
60 Bondage and the Bible Written and Directed by D. Eric Harmon Norm R. Alien Jr.
61 On Religious Liberty by James Calvin Davis Joe E. Barnhart
Features
DARWIN'S 200TH
28 The Power of Darwin Richard Dawkins
30 Creationism dujour The 'Evidence against Evolution' Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch
34 Nothing New Under the Sun The Louisiana Science Education Act Barbara Forrest
37 Rebel Giants Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, 1809-2009 David R. Contosta
40 Darwin's Views on Race Matter R.G. Price
46 How to Discredit the Theory of Evolution Advice for Believers Christian Wright
48 Taking Responsibilty for Ourselves Ronald Aronson
Departments
11 Leading Questions A Talk with P.Z. Myers
12 Letters
52 Church-State Update Edd Doerr
53 Great Minds The Humanism of W.E.B.DuBois Norm Alien Jr.
57 European Correspondent Something Rotten in the Church of Denmark Malene Busk