by Bruce Lawrence

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Religion gives you key information about all the groups who are not Christian, marginally Christian or four-square Christian. It provides a road map for finding trustworthy data, exciting visual sites and new textual resources for almost any religious tradition worthy of the name. That is, if it--or one of its members--has discovered the Most have and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Religion makes it easier to find what you need, or want, to know about religion, spirituality and God than any other Web companion now available. And if your interest is "solely" to find a soul-mate, someone who shares your spiritual outlook, and with whom you would like to share info, or explore a new relationship, that option too is provided

By Perez Zagorin

Americans who regard Islamic fundamentalists as peculiarly intolerant have much to learn from distinguished historian Zagorin, whose insightful research reminds us that for centuries no religionists persecuted heresy more ferociously than did Christians. In an analysis rich in narrative detail, Zagorin recounts the difficult and often perilous labors of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century advocates of religious toleration, who challenged the West's terrible tradition of coercive orthodoxy. Though most early reformers valued dissent only long enough to create Protestant versions of the Catholic Inquisition, Zagorin's chronicle shows why followers of Luther and Calvin ultimately faced difficult questions about the state's traditional role as guardian of creedal uniformity. It may surprise readers that when oft-lauded cultural heroes such as John Milton, John Locke, and Roger Williams called for state tolerance of religious diversity, they were actually echoing the views of lesser-known religious libertarians, including the fearless French humanist Sebastian Castellio ("the first champion of religious toleration") and the outspoken Dutch patriot Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert. And because Enlightenment thinkers, such as Voltaire and Jefferson, eventually secularized religious toleration in a broader advocacy of intellectual liberty, it may further surprise readers that the first warriors for freedom of belief found their warrant in Scripture. A book to dispel complacency about a priceless liberty. (Booklist).

By Nancy O’Meara and Stanley Koehler

A calming, rational book on the subject of religion.  You will find straight, informative data about what to do if a loved one is interested in a religion that doesn't seem quite like the one you envisioned him/her becoming involved with. There are important questions to ask and answers that you are anxious to hear.  Communication is emphasized as the way to let friends and family know of your interest in a new religion.  A clear and persuasive book for anyone on the fence about religion.