''Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists'' is a book which was written by Dan Barker in 2008, in which he describes his deconversion from being a preacher to becoming an atheist. The book is divided into four sections. The first section provides the story of Barker's deconversion from an evangelical minister to an

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

. Section two and three contain

arguments against the existence of God The existence of God (or more generally, the existence of deities) is a subject of debate in theology, philosophy of religion and popular culture. A wide variety of arguments for and against the existence of God or deities can be categorize ...

. Section four describes some of his work with the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Reception

Gregg Ten of

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noted that "as a 'fascinating memoir' the book is a success" but that the second and third sections were mostly unoriginal and underdeveloped, but still comprehensive in breadth. Jason Rosenhouse regarded the book as giving an "impressively lucid, and very readable, treatment" of the issues surrounding cosmological arguments. Atheist writer Betty Brogaard wrote "his honesty about how he gradually separated himself from religious superstition is not only refreshing but inspiring".

References

2008 non-fiction books American memoirs Books about atheism Atheism in the United States New Atheism {{atheism-book-stub