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Author of “Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America — and Found Unexpected Peace”

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Unveiling of the book jacket

May 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

How great does this look? It will be on bookshelves in February!

Tags: Faith and Doubt

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Wil // May 28, 2008 at 3:29 am

    I want an autograph before you get all Oprah famous ;)

  • 2 Rob Shiveley // Jun 3, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Great cover, Bill. Congratulations on your upcoming book!

    I will be looking forward to your upcoming book signing sometime in 2009 at Powell’s Book, in Portland, OR :)

    I was interviewed by Bill at the first Ex-Mormon General conference held in Salt Lake City, UT in October 2001 for an article he wrote, published in LA Times, Dec 1, 2001 “Losing Faith and Lots More”: http://www.skeptictank.org/gen4/gen02324.htm.

    I was impressed by Bill’s sincerity and desire to capture the essence of what he was witnessing in early October 2001 as the small emergent flock of Exmormons carved out a piece of history in the backyard of Mormonism; “The Fastest Growing Church in the World.”

    I too lost my faith and became an atheist after a lengthy period of agonizing and earnest soul searching. After leaving my church of 38 years I gradually discovered there was nothing to replace the searing and demanding faith of Mormonism, to which I once so closely and fiercing clung.

    After wandering in the wilderness for several years, I came to the conclusion that I am an atheist. It’s been a lonely journey. But I am unable to hide from the fact that I, like Bill, am an atheist.

    I read with intense interest Bill’s LA Times story about his loss of faith during his work covering religion. I stumbled on it accidentally, while surfing the web one lazy, rainy weekend in Portland, OR. The story certainly struck a chord in me and I dashed off an email to Bill to touch base and say hi.

    Best of luck to you Bill. I will be watching for the book and will be spreading “the word” :).

    Take care,
    Rob
    Portland, OR

  • 3 John // Jun 3, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    I’m looking forward to reading it!

  • 4 John W. Loftus // Jun 22, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    I’ll look forward to reading your book. You might want to check out my book in the meantime. We’re in this together. I think believers are on the run now.

  • 5 Benjamin // Jul 11, 2008 at 3:59 am

    God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

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