The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life

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.