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DescriptionStrange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion – February 16th 2016 by Susan Jacoby (Author) {BinanGotit}  Format: epub / mobi / pdf Product Details Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Pantheon (February 16th 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 0375423753 ISBN-13: 978-0375423758  An English convert from atheism to the Church of England, C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), pictured here at Oxford University, was one of the most eloquent literary defenders of Christianity in the twentieth century. A Renaissance scholar as well as a theologian, he is best known in the United States as the author of the children’s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. “The modern wave of secularist books has seen no author more historically erudite than Susan Jacoby. Immensely learned, yet with a lightly witty style, she smoothly surveys the whole phenomenon of religious conversion, from ancient times to our own. The section on slavery in America is especially moving, giving the lie to the myth that abolitionism was primarily motivated by religion. And—a blessed bonus—she has no truck with that pretentious gimmick favoured by so many historians, the historic present tense.” — Richard Dawkins, author of Brief Candle in the Dark In a groundbreaking historical work that addresses religious conversion in the West from an uncompromisingly secular perspective, Susan Jacoby challenges the conventional narrative of conversion as a purely spiritual journey. Finally, Jacoby offers a powerful case for religious choice as a product of the secular Enlightenment. In a forthright and unsettling conclusion linking the present with the most violent parts of the West’s religious past, she reminds us that in the absence of Enlightenment values, radical Islamists are persecuting Christians, many other Muslims, and atheists in ways that recall the worst of the Middle Ages. Amazon Finally, Jacoby offers a powerful case for religious choice as a product of the secular Enlightenment. In a forthright and unsettling conclusion linking the present with the most violent parts of the West’s religious past, she reminds us that in the absence of Enlightenment values, radical Islamists are persecuting Christians, many other Muslims, and atheists in ways that recall the worst of the Middle Ages.  Born in Spain in 1511, Michael Servetus was a physician and Renaissance humanist whose challenges to orthodox doctrine, especially the Holy Trinity, were equally offensive to Catholics and Protestants. He was burned to death at the stake in Geneva, with the complicity of John Calvin, on October 27th 1553. About the Author SUSAN JACOBY is the author of eleven previous books, most recently Never Say Die, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, The Age of American Unreason, Alger Hiss and the Battle for History,Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, and Half-Jew: A Daughter’s Search for Her Family’s Buried Past. Her articles have appeared frequently in the op-ed pages of The New York Times and in forums that include The American Prospect, Dissent, and The Daily Beast. She lives in New York City. For more information, visit  Sharing Widget |