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Books like The Battle for God
The best books like The Battle for God are A History of God, The Case for God, and The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong is about fundamentalism, modernity, religion. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- A History of God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
A History of God is Karen Armstrong's account of how the idea of God has changed over four thousand years across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, with excursions into Hinduism and Buddhism.
Both dig into judaism, christianity, islam.
Read the summary → - The Case for God
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Karen Armstrong · Religion & Spirituality
The Case for God is Karen Armstrong's argument that the new atheism misunderstands what sophisticated religious believers in most traditions have actually claimed about God.
Both dig into religion.
Read the summary → - The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
The End of Faith was written in the weeks following the September 11 attacks and published in 2004.
Both dig into religion.
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- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens · Religion & Spirituality
God Is Not Great is Christopher Hitchens' comprehensive polemic against religion, published in 2007 as part of the wave of "New Atheist" books that included Dawkins' The God Delusion, Harris' The End of Faith, and Dennett's Breaking the Spell.
Both dig into religion.
Read the summary → - Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer · Memoir
Under the Banner of Heaven opens with a specific crime: in 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty — members of a fundamentalist Mormon splinter group — murdered their sister-in-law Brenda and her infant daughter, acting on a "revelation" they believed came directly from God.
Shares fundamentalism and religion with The Battle for God.
Read the summary → - No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
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No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Reza Aslan · Religion & Spirituality
No God but God is Reza Aslan's account of Islam from its pre-Islamic Arabian origins through the life of Muhammad, the early caliphates, the development of Islamic law and mysticism, and into the contemporary reform movements that Aslan argues are the religion's defining struggle.
Both dig into modernity.
Read the summary → - The God Delusion
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Richard Dawkins · Religion & Spirituality
The God Delusion is Richard Dawkins' comprehensive case against religious belief, published in 2006 as the most high-profile work of the New Atheist movement.
Both dig into religion.
Read the summary → - Boy Erased: A Memoir
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Garrard Conley · Memoir
Boy Erased is Garrard Conley's memoir of attending Love in Action, a conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, in the early 2000s.
Both dig into religion.
Read the summary → - Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Daniel C. Dennett · Philosophy
Breaking the Spell is Daniel Dennett's case that religion is a natural phenomenon — one that can and should be studied using the methods of evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and anthropology.
Both dig into religion.
Read the summary → - Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Simon Schama · History
Simon Schama's Citizens was published to mark the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989 and immediately became one of the most controversial histories of the event in decades.
Both dig into modernity.
Read the summary → - Delirious New York
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Rem Koolhaas · History
Rem Koolhaas published Delirious New York in 1978 with the subtitle "a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan," and that framing is essential to understanding what the book is and isn't.
Both dig into modernity.
Read the summary → - Letter to a Christian Nation
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Sam Harris · Philosophy
Letter to a Christian Nation is a short, blunt book written in direct address to American Christians.
Both dig into religion.
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Books like The Battle for God: quick answers
What are the best books like The Battle for God?
The best books like The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong are A History of God by Karen Armstrong, The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Battle for God, such as fundamentalism, modernity, religion.
What should I read after The Battle for God?
A natural next read after The Battle for God is A History of God by Karen Armstrong. Both dig into judaism, christianity, islam. Other strong choices are The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens.
What books are similar to The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong?
The Battle for God centers on fundamentalism, modernity, religion. Books with a similar feel include A History of God by Karen Armstrong, The Case for God by Karen Armstrong, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer, No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
