Faitheist : How an Atheist Found Common Ground With the Religious

from LancasterWays

Near the end of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious (Beacon Press, 2012), Chris Stedman wonders if he's too young (24) to write a memoir. Stedman concludes that he isn't. Turns out he's wrong. Faitheist is full of good ideas, but it's an article (or two) posing as a b...

from dimlightarchive

I struggled rating this book. I think it's written with skill, and the subject matter is important. I even found parts of it compelling. And yet, I think this might just not have been the right book for me right now. As someone interested in interfaith, I learned a great deal, but finished this b...

from JDHomrighausen

Stedman first heard the title for this book as an insult thrown at him. He was at a party for an atheist organization, listening to an angry man rant about how religion should be destroyed entirely. Stedman questioned him, wondering if that was the same absolutist mindset he had heard as an evang...

from bibleblaster

A great affirmation of interfaith (including non-religious) communication and cooperation, along with a compelling personal story. Goes a long way toward explaining why I do what I do (Unitarian Universalist ministry).

from DubiousDisciple

Oh, man, do I relate. Here is an atheist that feels more at home in religious surroundings than with a secular community. While I've never considered myself an atheist (I'm happy with the phrase "agnostic Christian"), even if I were, I would hesitate to take the title. I don't want to be known as...