Here is another great review for the anthology of deconversion accounts that myself and Tristan Vick compiled and edited. The accounts cover different religions and there is a fair gender split of accounts. It’s a great book and we are well pleased with the results. Here is a review from Amazon in the UK from the last couple of days:
An excellent set of ‘stories’ about leaving religion By Geoff Benson on 12 Mar. 2015
Format: Kindle Edition Verified PurchaseAn excellent set of ‘stories’ about leaving religion.
For people like me, cocooned in the largely religious free UK, it’s difficult to understand why it might be really tough to turn your back on your religion. Reading the different stories made me truly appreciate the huge, often cruel, shackles that religion can attach, rendering attempts to leave the religion result often in alienation of family and former friends. The story of Arsalan, a Pakistani lady, is perhaps at the extreme end of things, not least because leaving the muslim faith makes her an apostate. I was also especially interested in the story told by Bruce Gerencser, a former fundamentalist baptist pastor, because the concept of someone being seemingly so irrational for so long, then to cast that off and become an outright atheist must be unique, or nearly so.
Well worth reading.
Walking away from faith is never an easy journey. Leaving god and religion behind can be a challenging experience, sometimes even a painful one. Individuals have to consider the impact on family, friends, jobs, and many other aspects of life. This anthology consists of sixteen personal stories by people, from all walks of life, who have made the journey from a life steeped in religion to a life without it. In sharing these heartfelt stories with others, we hope to give those who have questions, who may be on the fence, or who have recently gone through similar experiences a sign that they are not alone. Within these pages you will find hope and inspiration, and perhaps a better understanding of what it means to take brave strides toward living a life without god and religion.
“Beyond an Absence of Faith has the potential to reach those powerful social dimensions of the believer’s mind, while at the same time comforting those who have recently suffered the social and psychological agony of leaving their religions.”
— Michael Sherlock, author of I Am Christ: The Crucifixion–Painful Truths“A beautiful and highly recommended collection of very moving accounts…”
— James A. Lindsay, author of Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly
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