Humanist/Atheist Groups:
Freedom from Religion Foundation
Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix, Inc.
Podcasts and Videos on YouTube:
FFRF – Freedom from Religion Foundation
Books, essays and Documents
Politics, economics & related : (pdf downloads)
Thompson-Time, Work & Discipline in Industrial Capitalism (pdf)
Protestant Ethic & Spirit of Capitalism – Weber (pdf)
Bertrand Russell – In Praise of Idleness (pdf)
Understanding Marxism – Wolff (pdf)
The Communist Manifesto – Marx (pdf)
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (pdf)
US Declaration Of Independence
Plato’s Republic (pdf) (yes, this is political, not just philosophical)
The Prince – Machiavelli (pdf)
Thomas-Paine-Common-Sense (pdf)
Animal Farm – George Orwell (pdf)
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (pdf)
E. F. Schumacher-Small Is Beautiful_ Economics as if People Mattered
Philosophy & Religion:
God Is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens) (pdf)
Religions and nonreligious groups (pdf)
Reason: The Only Oracle Of Man » Internet Infidels (pdf)
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell – The Bertrand Russell Society (pdf)
Michael Shermer God does NOT exist (pdf)
The Global God Divide (pdf)
The Consolation of Philosophy – Boethius
Suggested reading:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow. Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind. Yuval Noah Harari
Asimov’s Guide to the Bible. Isaac Asimov
Atheism, The Case Against God. George H. Smith.
Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict. Ara Norenzayan
Constantine’s Sword. James Carroll
Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism. Paul Kurtz
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism. Susan Jacoby
God: An anatomy. Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Humanism As The Next Step. Lloyd and Mary Morain
Humankind: A Hopeful History. Rutger Bregman
In Defense of Secular Humanism. Paul Kurtz.
Ingersoll The Magnificent. Joseph Lewis
Losing Faith in Faith. Dan Barker
Mythos. Stephen Fry
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
The Atheist’s Handbook to the Old Testament (Vol1, Vol2). Joshua Bowen
The Battle For God. Karen Armstrong
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates. Frans de Waal
The Dawn of Everything. David Graeber, David Wengrow
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Carl Sagan.
The Dream of Reason. Anthony Gottlieb
The End of Faith. Sam Harris
The God Delusion. Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene. Richard Dawkins
The Good Kings. Kara Coone
The Philosophy of Humanism. Corliss Lamont
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe. Dr. Steven Novella
What’s God Got to Do with it? Robert Ingersoll on Free Thought, Honest Talk & the Separation of Church & State. Robert G. Ingersoll
Articles and Papers:
Testing the Big Gods hypothesis with global historical data: a review and “retake”
America Is Losing Religious Faith – Nicholas Kristof. Opinion. The New York Times 08/23/2023
Essays:
It seems that everything that could possibly be said about the Barbie movie has been said. I recently saw it and decided to share five things I learned from it. – Jim Palmer
Websites
Reason: The Only Oracle Of Man: A Compendious System Of Natural Religion Ethan Allen.Boston.J.P.Mendum, Cornhill.1854.