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Unconvinced: How Belief Is Not a Choice and Why That Changes Everything

Unconvinced: How Belief Is Not a Choice and Why That Changes Everything

Cohen, Jon

Hardcover

Atheism & AgnosticismReligion General Cognition

Publisher Price: $29.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 17, 2026

ISBN10: 149309632X
ISBN13: 9781493096329
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: Nov 17 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.67
Language: English
Unconvinced is a bold, accessible, and morally urgent book about a widespread assumption in religion that often goes unexamined: that we are responsible for what we believe. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and theology, it makes the case that belief is not a choice--and that salvation systems which reward or punish people for what they believe are therefore unjust.

The book doesn't attempt to settle the question of God's existence. Instead, it zeroes in on how belief works and why that matters. Through engaging arguments and real-world analogies, it offers a new lens through which to evaluate the logic and ethics of belief-based religion, particularly Christianity and Islam.

The central claim is simple but disruptive: belief cannot be chosen, and we should be judged instead by our honesty, integrity, and moral effort. Unconvinced is for readers who have wrestled with doubt and those who care about justice, truth, and the human condition.

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