HeyJaredFree Inquiry Audio Edition
The audio edition of Free Inquiry magazine, the Journal for Secular Humanist Ideas.
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We Need a Good Dose of Freethinking, Internationalist Solidarity—And a Belated Happy Fourth of July! (opens the original)
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Daniel James Sharp argues that freethinkers and secular humanists in both the United States and Britain face a growing threat from Christian nationalism and other forms of religious authoritarianism, making international solidarity more important than ever. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/exclusive/we-need-a-good-dose-of-freethinking-internationalist-solidarity-and-a-belated-happy-fourth-of-july/ About the Author: Daniel James Sharp is a senior
Crime and Punishment (opens the original)
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Bart Laws examines the realities behind crime, punishment, and incarceration in the United States, challenging common assumptions that harsher penalties alone can solve crime. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2026/07/crime-and-punishment/ About the Author: Bart Laws is a medical sociologist and an adjunct associate professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University. Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscri
God Takes a Tumble (opens the original)
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Ronald A. Lindsay praises S. T. Joshi's The Downfall of God: A History of Atheism in the West, Vol. 2 as a comprehensive and authoritative account of how scientific, philosophical, literary, and cultural developments fueled the rise of atheism from the seventeenth century to today. He argues that the book's depth, breadth, and nuanced treatment of influential thinkers make it the definitive modern history of atheism and a landmark contribution to secular scholarship. Read this article and find a
A Memoir on Ballooning and Grief (opens the original)
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Dennis E. Curry reviews Julian Barnes's Levels of Life , arguing that its unflinching exploration of grief offers a deeply humanist alternative to religious consolation. Through Barnes's memoir of losing his wife, the book portrays grief with honesty, wit, and emotional depth, ultimately suggesting that memory, rather than faith, provides a meaningful path through profound loss. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2026/07/a-memoir-on-ballooning-and-
Bill Cooke's Misleading, Meritless Review (opens the original)
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Richard Carrier argues that Bill Cooke's review of The Obsolete Paradigm of a Historical Jesus misrepresents both his arguments and the evidence, claiming the review ignores key sections of the book while attributing positions to him that he explicitly rejects. Carrier maintains that readers should judge his case directly from his work, asserting that his mythicist conclusions rest on a broad evaluation of historical evidence rather than the selective, inaccurate portrayal presented in Cooke's r
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