{"product_id":"9781934708378","title":"Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the new mega-anthology from best-selling editor Russ Kick, more than fifty writers, reporters, and researchers invade the inner sanctum for an unrestrained look at the wild and wooly world of organized belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/b\u003e shows us the strange, scary properties of religion; \u003cb\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e turns a biblical atrocity story into a comic (that almost sent a publisher to prison); \u003cb\u003eErik Davis\u003c\/b\u003e looks at what happens when religion and California collide; \u003cb\u003eMike Dash\u003c\/b\u003e eyes stigmatics; \u003cb\u003eDouglas Rushkoff\u003c\/b\u003e exposes the trouble with Judaism; \u003cb\u003ePaul Krassner\u003c\/b\u003e reveals his “Confessions of an Atheist”; and best-selling lexicographer \u003cb\u003eJonathon Green\u003c\/b\u003e interprets the language of religious prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the dozens of other articles and essays, you’ll find: a sweeping look at classical composers and Great American Songbook writers who were unbelievers, such as \u003cb\u003eIrving Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e, creator of “God Bless America”; the definitive explanation of why America is not a Christian nation; the bizarre, Catholic-fundamentalist books by Mel Gibson’s father; eye-popping photos of bizarre religious objects and ceremonies, including snake-handlers and pot-smoking children; the thinly veiled anti-Semitism in the \u003ci\u003eLeft Behind\u003c\/i\u003e novels; an extract from the rare, suppressed book \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Life of Brigham Young\u003c\/i\u003e; and rarely seen anti-religious writings from \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eH.G. Wells\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther topics include exorcisms, religious curses, Wicca, the Church of John Coltrane, crimes by clergy, death without God, Christian sex manuals, the “ex-gay” movement, failed prophecies, bizarre theology, religious bowling, atheist rock and roll, “how to be a good Christian,” an entertaining look at the best (and worst) books on religion, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disinformation Company, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137393311984,"sku":"9781934708378","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934708378_p0.jpg?v=1763655047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934708378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}