This work has been declared by the AHA board as historic, and is superseded by Humanist Manifesto III. The Manifesto is a product of many minds. It was designed to represent a developing point of view, not a new creed.
Re: the iron law of oligarchy Aug22-09, 10:47 PM JRDunassigned: The iron law of oligarchy is a political theory, first developed by the German syndicalist sociologist Robert Michels in his 1911 book, Political Parties. This is actually wrong.
Gary Stewart's novel The Tenth Virgin is infused with the protagonist's Mormon upbringing. Marcia Muller helped break the gender divide with her 1977 novel Edwin of the Iron Shoes, which launched a whole Sharon McCone series -- and many other genre heroines.