The Questions No One Asks

How Religion and Secularism can once for all make peace with each other.

This work should be considered a draft preprint version of the book.

The Questions No One Asks © 2024 by  Caleb Castaneda is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART 1: Epistemology of Religion

1: Skepticism: Why Believe Anything at All?

2: Evidentialism: The Secular Dead End

3: Christian Foundationalism: The Religious Dead End

4: Learning From Our Mistakes: Coherentism, Pragmatism, and Entitlement

5: Putting it All Together: Sanction and the Epistemic Case for Religious Belief

PART 2: Religious Harm

1: The Case for Restricting Religion

2: Religion and Political Violence

3: Religion and Psychological Violence

4: Religion and Sexual Violence

5: Spiritual Abuse

6: Religious Freedom: the Special Case of Children

PART 3: Religion, Politics, and Parental Rights

1. Religion’s History in Liberal Societies

2. A Causation Account of Parental Obligations

3. Open Futures and Religious Freedom

4. With Rights Come Responsibilities:  Religious Accountability in a Free Society