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A rigorous, analytical dismantling of historical misconceptions surrounding religion and the American founding. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Founding Myth.
- intellectual
- serious
- provocative
- 01
Freethinkers
Susan Jacoby
An impassioned, intellectually rigorous excavation of America's forgotten rationalist heritage.
- 02
These Truths
Jill Lepore
A sweeping, lyrical reckoning with the American experiment that measures the nation's brutal realities against its founding ideals.
- 03
God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens · 2007
A blistering, erudite polemic that tears down dogma to make room for the awe-inspiring beauty of human reason.
- 04
Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
A sharp, paradigm-shifting historical autopsy of how militant masculinity and political power reshaped a modern religious movement.
- 05
Jesus, Interrupted
Bart D. Ehrman
A conversational, paradigm-shifting peek behind the curtain of biblical scholarship that systematically dismantles Sunday school certainties.
- 06
America (the book)
Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show · 2004
A laugh-out-loud, mock-educational romp through the hypocrisies and absurdities of the American political system.
- 07
Jesus for the Non-Religious
John Shelby Spong · 2007
A provocative and earnest dismantling of religious superstition to uncover a deeply human, revolutionary spiritual figure.
- 08
The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine
A fiery, plainspoken dismantling of religious dogma that champions the liberating power of human intellect.
- 09
The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins · 2006
A fierce, unapologetic intellectual broadside that dismantles dogma while celebrating the awe-inspiring reality of the natural universe.
- 10
The new Atheism
Victor J. Stenger · 2009
A rigorous, unapologetic defense of scientific rationalism that methodically dismantles the claims of organized religion.
- 11
The evolution of God
Wright, Robert
A sweeping, intellectually rigorous journey through human history that seeks the hidden evolutionary logic behind our search for the divine.
- 12
Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi
A monumental, paradigm-shifting journey through the intellectual history of American racism that demands a fundamental rewiring of how you view the present.
