The New Atheists' Narrow Worldview

http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Athe-ists-Nar-row/126027/
In the developing world, the wacky, superstitious, cuckoo aspects of some religious beliefs can seem as rational as Western science.

Huston Smith's The World's Religions is one of the best brief introduction to the major faiths.

The Trouble With Autobiography

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Trouble-With-Autobiography.html
Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux examines other authors' autobiographies to prove why this piece will suffice for his.