Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious Stedman Chris
Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious Stedman Chris The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between…
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Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious Stedman Chris
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the "New Atheist" movement--whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens--speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and the widespread, vehement disdain for religion among many of them. The idea of a community bound by God's love--a love that was undeserved, unending, and guaranteed--captivated him. In Faitheist, Chris Stedman tells his own story to challenge the orthodoxies of this movement and make a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully.Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a "born-again" Christian in late childhood.
It was, he writes, a place to belong and a framework