{"id":6413,"count":62,"description":"We have a very wide range of interviews recommending books on all the world\u2019s major religions, as well as others looking at contemporary and historical religious controversies.\r\n\r\nOn Christianity, we have interviews covering the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/history-christianity-diarmaid-macculloch\/\">history of Christianity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jesus-robert-morgan\/\">Jesus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/saints-simon-yarrow\/\">the saints<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/bibles-timothy-beal\/\">versions of the Bible<\/a>, amongst others.\u00a0 On Islam, British lawyer Ahmad Thomson talks about <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/ahmad-thomson-on-the-essence-of-islam\/\">the essence of Islam<\/a>. We also have other interviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/ziauddin-sardar-on-the-future-of-islam\/\">the future of Islam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/science-islam-amira-bennison\/\">science and Islam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/feminism-islam-margot-badran\/\">Islam and feminism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-in-the-west\/\">Islam in the West<\/a>.\r\n\r\nJudaism is also covered extensively, with interviews covering <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jewish-history-gershon-hundert\/\">Jewish history<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/zionism-anti-zionism\/\">Zionism and anti-Zionism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/israel-amnon-rubinstein\/\">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jerusalem-james-carroll\/\">Jerusalem<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBeyond that, we have interviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/meditation-andy-puddicombe\/\">meditation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/larry-dossey-premonitions\/\">premonitions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/yoga-liz-derow\/\">yoga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/being-sceptical-james-randi\/\">being sceptical<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/richard-harries-on-faith-in-politics\/\">faith in politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/multiculturalism-tariq-modood\/\">multiculturalism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/best-books-magic-richard-heygate\/\">magic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/adam-eve-stephen-greenblatt\/\">Adam and Eve<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/religion-in-china-ian-johnson\/\">religion in China<\/a>.\r\n\r\nTurning to fundamental questions of belief, Edward Feser, associate professor of philosophy at Pasadena City College, chooses his <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/arguments-existence-of-god-ed-feser\/\">best books on the arguments for the existence of God<\/a>. Julian Baggini, author of <em>Atheism, A Very Short Introduction<\/em>, chooses his <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/julian-baggini-on-atheism\/\">best books on Atheism<\/a> and Graham Oppy, professor of philosophy at Monash University chooses his <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/atheist-philosophy-of-religion\/\">best books on the atheist philosophy of religion<\/a>.\r\n\r\nAuthor Kenan Malik looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/kenan-malik-on-morality-without-god\/\">morality without God<\/a> and Kenneth Miller, a biologist at Brown, chooses his best books on the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/kenneth-miller-arguments-creationism\/\">arguments against creationism<\/a>. Another biologist, Jerry Coyne, talks about <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jerry-coyne-incompatibility-religion-science\/\">the incompatibility of religion and science<\/a>. Last, we have Andrew Copson choosing his <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/humanism\/\">best books on humanism<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/religion\/buddhism\/\">Best Books on Buddhism<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/books-by-christian-authors\/\">Christian Authors<\/a> |","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/religion\/","name":"Religion","slug":"religion","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=6413"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=6413"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}