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Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: A CALL TO ARMS: CREATE YOUR OWN RELIGION
Religion Is Here to Stay
Religion or Philosophy?
Knock, Knock . . . The Inquisition Is at the Door (a.k.a. Everyone Already Creates Their Own Religion—Some People Just Don't Lie About It)
CHAPTER 2: A CALL TO ARMS: THE SEQUEL
Nothing to Lose
Heretic and Proud
Epistemological Anarchism, Bruce Lee, and the Freedom to Be Who We Are
The Fear of Freedom
Not So Fast
The Evidence Never Lies 23
CHAPTER 3: THE INTANGIBLES: GOD
What Are We Talking About? From Santa to the Tao
How Do We Know God?
Where This Leaves Me
CHAPTER 4: THE INTANGIBLES: DEATH AND AFTERLIFE (MAYBE . . .)
Fear, Fear, and More Fear
From Heaven and Hell to Reincarnation
Heaven and Hell's Cousin: The Apocalypse
Anywhere But Here, Anytime But Now
Never Underestimate the Power of Fanaticism
Hoka Hey
CHAPTER 5: THE MOTHER OF ALL CHOICES: INCLUSIVE OR EXCLUSIVE RELIGIONS
Moses's Cute Little Death Squad
Grandma from Hell
Inclusive Religions: More Than One Path Can Reach the Top of the Mountain
Exclusive Religions: “If You Are Not With Me, You Are Against Me”
The One True Way and Victimless “Crimes”
CHAPTER 6: ON A ROUND BALL FLOATING IN SPACE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS, NATURE, AND THE UNIVERSE
Nature in World Religions (Part I): Anthropocentrism
Nature in World Religions: Animism and Interconnectedness
Energy Wars and Eco-suicide
Nature and Humanity Go to Marriage Counseling
CHAPTER 7: BODY AND SENSES
Run, Daniele, Run!
Religions' Attitudes Toward the Body
When the Body Goes Missing in Action Part I: From Descartes to Academic Learning
When the Body Goes Missing in Action Part II: The Supersizing of Humanity
The Marriage of Body and Soul
CHAPTER 8: SEX, SEX, AND MORE SEX
Let's Get It On
Sex in World Religions
The Harvest of Repression
Sex, Sake, and Zen: The Philosophy of Ikkyū Sojun
Bible Porn
Where Gods and Goddesses Go Have an Orgy
Sexual Healing
CHAPTER 9: KILLING PATRIARCHY AND REWRITING GENDER ROLES
The Embarrassing Uncle in the House of Theology
The Love Affair Between Religion and Patriarchy
Stockholm Syndrome
Change: Patriarchy Heading for Retirement?
Heart and Balls 211
CHAPTER 10: INCREDIBLY SHRINKING CAMELS AND ZEN MOONS: WEALTH IN THE EYES OF WORLD RELIGIONS
God and Gold
Incredibly Shrinking Camels and Zen Moons: Wealth in the Eyes of World Religions
In Gold We Trust: The Invention of a Capitalist Christianity
My Take Part I: Windigo
My Take Part II: Screw Poverty
CHAPTER 11: TOWARD A GLOBAL IDENTITY
Outcast (Literally . . .)
The Connection Between Religions and Ethnic/National Identities
For God and Country, and Other Totalitarian Perversions
The Desire to Belong
Ethnic Pride, Nationalism, and Patriotism: The Fancy Clothes in the Wardrobe of Racism
Canadians Love Tyranny
Exceptions (Well . . . Almost)
Global Religions Creating Global Identities in a Global World (Did I Use the Word “Global” Enough Times?)
CHAPTER 12: I COULD ONLY BELIEVE IN A GOD WHO CAN LAUGH: WHY RELIGION NEEDS TO BE FUN
Laughter as Antidote to Dogma
When Reality Punches You in the Face, Laughter Helps You Roll with the Punches
Laughter as an Aid to Sharpen Our Perceptions
Bad Humor
The Paradox of a Deadly Serious, Funny Religion
CHAPTER 13: HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW?
The Dangers of Faith
Reason
Beyond the Reason Versus Faith Dichotomy
CHAPTER 14: ON A TIGHTROPE STRETCHED BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL: MORALITY WITHOUT FASCISM; MORE HEART AND FEWER LAWS
No Relativism, But No Dogmatic Absolutes Either
More Heart, Less Laws
Some People Need Rules
Morality Without Fascism
CHAPTER 15: TOWARD A PARADOX-FLAVORED CONSCIOUSNESS
At the Root of It All
Yin and Yang Go on a Date
The Union of the Opposites
The Problem with Sweet, Spiritual People
Complete, Not Perfect
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
About the Author
Bonus Material
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