Good Without God, Greg Epstein
Good Without God, Greg Epstein
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Good Without God
What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe

Author: Greg Epstein

Narrator: David Marantz

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2020


Synopsis

A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe.

Author Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, offers a world view for nonbelievers that dispenses with the hostility and intolerance of religion prevalent in national bestsellers like God is Not Great and The God Delusion. Epstein's Good Without God provides a constructive, challenging response to these manifestos by getting to the heart of Humanism and its positive belief in tolerance, community, morality, and good without having to rely on the guidance of a higher being.

About Greg Epstein

Greg M. Epstein serves as the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. He holds a BA in religion and Chinese and an MA in Judaic studies from the University of Michigan, and an MA in theological studies from the Harvard Divinity School. He is a regular contributor to On Faith, an online forum on religion produced by Newsweek and the Washington Post.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chad on July 29, 2016

It really hit me at the beginning of high school. Perhaps I am a late bloomer compared to some. But there I was in Mrs. Madsen's literature class. We were discussing Creation "myths" from other countries. We had just finished reading a story from Africa about how the Black Man was made from a dark l......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on July 10, 2016

'Good without God' is an introduction to Humanism. The tone is that of an educated preacher talking to people less educated. I can see myself recommending this to my fundamentalist relatives, especially those who can read but they rigidly guard what they see, hear or associate into their lives; but......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 14, 2010

"Good Without God" serves as a very good introduction to humanism, and for that reason is worthy of four stars if you're new to humanism or are humanism-curious. As a long-standing atheist / humanist, I have some quibbles with "GwoG," especially with his occasional willingness to throw them bad ol'......more

Goodreads review by Amy on February 01, 2010

I read this book and keep thinking - "That's exactly how I feel". Epstein says the things I've thought a long time, and he does it so clearly. I wish I lived somewhere where I could find a community of people to interact with that felt this way too. Actually, I think there are more people around her......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on November 28, 2010

In Good without God, Greg Epstein is not trying to engage the debate on whether God exists, or to critique religion. His goal is to defend non-believers, and to formulate a positive, ethical outlook on life that does not depend on theism for its legitimacy. He is also peroccupied with building commun......more