So you're an atheist. Now what? The way we deal with life - with love and sex, pleasure and death, reality and making stuff up - can change dramatically when we stop believing in gods, souls, and afterlives. When we leave religion - or if we never had it in the first place - where do we go? With her unique blend of compassion and humor, thoughtfulness and snark, Greta Christina most emphatically does not propose a single path to a good atheist life. She offers questions to think about, ideas that may be useful, and encouragement to choose your own way. She addresses complex issues in an accessible, down-to-earth style, including: Why we're here Sexual transcendence The meaning of life The meaning of death Frivolity Sensuality How humanism helps with depression - except when it doesn't Stealing stuff from religion Why atheism demands social justice Different ways to be a good person Joy and much more. Aimed at new and not-so-new atheists, questioning and curious believers, Christina ("Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God," "Coming Out Atheist," "Why Are You Atheists So Angry?") shines a warm, fresh light on the only life we have.
Industry Reviews
"A glorious celebration." Dan Barker, author, Life Driven Purpose: How an Atheist Finds Meaning
"Greta's hallmark insights, biting humor, and straight-talk will lead you through some of the most important issues and practices shaping what it means to be an atheist in the 21st century . . . I recommend it highly." Anthony B. Pinn, author, Writing God's Obituary: How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist
"Another bright gem from Greta Christina -- an engaging, conversational, thoughtful, frank, funny, and ever timely exploration of life lived well without religion." Phil Zuckerman, author, Living the Secular Life
"Quick-paced irresistible logic laced through with Greta Christina's humor, practical compassion, and love of life." Valerie Tarico, Ph.D., author, Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New Light
"What I take away most is Greta Christina's nuanced, down-to-earth, around the breakfast table with a cup of coffee manner of speech . . . An easy to read book that will challenge you in the most unexpected ways, whether you are a secularist, believer or somewhere in between." Bridgett Crutchfield, President and founder, Black Nonbelievers of Detroit
"If you are a newcomer to atheism in America in the twenty-first century you will be glad to spend time with Greta Christina . . . Her candor is one of the particularly strong aspects of this much-needed work." Jennifer Michael Hecht, author, Doubt: A History
"This is the perfect book for anyone who has gotten a taste of skepticism and now hungers to make even more meaning out of their brief existence." Zack Ford, LGBT Editor, ThinkProgress.org
