Readings in Philosophy 102

for SPECIAL PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM STUDENTS (SOPHIA* Members)

[Note: Each student in the program is required to read at least six hundred (600) pages to satisfy the program at the end of the semester.]

1. Alves Rubem A. The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet. 1990, 2001. London: SCM Press. 148 pages.

2. Brookfield, Stephen D. The Power of Critical Theory. 2005. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 414 pages.

3. Corcoran, Kevin J. Rethinking Human Nature. 2006. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic. 152 pages.

4. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. 2006. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 406 pages.


5. Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. 1997, 1999. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 494 pages.

6. Elgin, Duane. Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness. 1993. New York: William Morrow and Co, Inc. 382 pages.

7. Holler, Linda. Erotic Morality: The Role of Touch in Moral Agency. 2002. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. 239 pages.

8. Lerner, Michael. The Politics of Meaning. 1997. Reading, Mass.: Perseus Books. 339 pages.

9. O’Toole, James. Creating the Good Life. 2005. London: Rodale International Ltd. 328 pages.

10. Okri, Ben. In Arcadia. 2002. London: Phoenix. 231 pages.

11. Tolle, Eckhart. The Power of Now. 1999. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 191 pages.

12. Tolle, Eckhart. A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose. 2005. New York: Plume/Penguin Books Ltd. 313 pages.

13. Volks, Tyler. Metapatterns: Across Space, Time, and Mind. 1995. New York: Columbia University Press. 296 pages.

14. Wilber, Ken. The Marriage of Sense and Soul. 1998. New York: Broadway Books. 225 pages.

15. Witham, Larry. By Design: Science and the Search for God. 2003. San Francisco: Encounter Books. 248 pages.

16. Zukav, Gary. The Seat of the Soul. 1990. New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. 256 pages.


*Society of Philosophy Advocates