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Suggested books for adults, teens, & kids
on theology, religion, and spirituality

About books:

Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wrote about the miracle of books and their contribution to human development:

"For 99 percent of the tenure of humans on earth, nobody could read or write. The great invention had not yet been made. Except for firsthand experience, almost everything we knew was passed on by word of mouth. As in the children’s game “Telephone,” over tens and hundreds of generations, information would slowly be distorted and lost.

Books changed all that. Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the point of view of others, and not just those in power; to contemplate — with the best teachers — the insights, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, drawn from the entire planet and from all of our history. They allow people long dead to talk inside our heads. Books can accompany us everywhere. Books are patient where we are slow to understand, allow us to go over the hard parts as many times as we wish, and are never critical of our lapses."

That quote appears in an essay called "The Path to Freedom, which is in the book: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. ₁

And now, with the development of the Kindle ebook reader, which Amazon sells below its cost, a person can carry thousands of book with them everywhere, without first renting a truck. Also, printed books seem to long to mildew; ebooks don't mildew.

Lists of recommended books:

• Our recommended book for 2018-August

• Tentative selections for future months:  2018-September to 2019-April

• Books that we have featured during past months:

First half of the year	Second half of the year
-	2003 August to December
2004	2004
2005	2005
2006	2006
2007	2007
2008	2008
2009	2009
2010	2010
2011	2011
2012	2012
2013	2013
2014	2014
2015	2015
2016	2016
2017	2017
2018	2018

Additional lists of worthwhile books:

• Books on theology and religion recommended by:
  • The staff at this website
    
    
  • Books' authors:  A to K, and L to Z
    
    
  • Susan Humphreys, a frequent contributor to this web site
    
    
  • Lists of books at various web sites
    
    
• Books on spirituality
  
  
• Religious books for children promoting tolerance and understanding
  
  
• Books for skeptic children and teens about morality, origins, etc.
  
  
• Books covering a wide range of beliefs about the LGBT community
  
  
• Links to religious & spiritual book suppliers, journals, magazines, and movies
  
  
• Books and Culture, an evangelical Christian review lists the best conservative Christian books of the week. They have a free newsletter.

The above quotation comes from:

1. Carl Sagan & Ann Druuyan, "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark," Ballantine Books 1997. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store Available in Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook and Audio CD formats.

   Amazon.com comments:

   "A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace."

2. The Los Angeles Times review:

   "A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought."

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