In Zeiten, in denen Bigotterie im Weißen Haus fröhliche Urstände feiert und die religiöse Reaktion direkt die amerikanische Politik mitbestimmt, sind kritische Stimmen wichtiger denn je. Der Verlag Prometheus Books hat sich als Programmschwerpunkt der Religionskritik verschrieben:
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