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Writing God's Obituary

How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist

by Anthony B. Pinn
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A former African American minister revealshis unusual journey from faith to atheism. Anthony Pinn preached his first sermon at age twelve. At eighteen he became one of the youngest ordained ministers in his denomination. He then quickly moved up the ministerial ranks. Eventually he graduated from Columbia University and then received a Master of Divinity in theology and a PhD in religion from Harvard University. All the while, Pinn was wrestling with a growing skepticism. As his intellectual horizons expanded, he became less and less confident in the theism of his upbringing. At the same time, he became aware that his church could offer only anemic responses to the acute social needs of the community. In his mid-twenties, he finally decided to leave the ministry and committed the rest of his life to academia. He went on to become a distinguished scholar of African American humanism and religious history. The once fully committed believer evolved into an equally committed nonbeliever convinced that a secular approach to life offers the best hope of solving humanity's problems.

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    July 1, 2019

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      • ISBN: 9781616148447

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2014

      Pinn (founding director, Ctr. for Engaged Research & Collaborative Learning, Rice Univ.; The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist Theology) traces an unusual process of regression from faith, a kind of deconversion. A child star of a preacher and then minister, Pinn zoomed through Columbia College and Harvard University as his confidence in the faith of his upbringing leached away. This unvarnished narrative tells how he came to rest in Unitarian Universalism and humanism, with a passion for the blues. VERDICT As much a story of the rise of an academic as the fall of a believer, this memoir may resonate with the experiences--and disillusionments--of many spiritual seekers and hopeful humanists.

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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