Religion & Spirituality

Banned Books Awareness: Thomas Jefferson

He was the third President of the United States, the most intellectual figure in shaping America’s early history, and a voice of reason in his own time as well as today. The thought is enough to imagine him rolling in his grave, but, like fellow Founding Father, Thomas Paine,...

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Banned Books Awareness: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was many things: author, radical, inventor, intellectual, and revolutionary; but he was also considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, was considered so influential to the American revolutionary cause that it was reportedly said at the time that “without...

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Banned Books Awareness: Harry Potter

With the final theatrical installment being released worldwide this week, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to discuss THE most banned book (collectively) of the 21st century according to the American Library Association– the Harry Potterseries; the first four books are, as a group, at #7 for the most...

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