“Eric Maisel is clearly the atheist’s Wiz­ard of Oz to have cre­ated a book with such brains, so much heart, and a lion’s share of real courage.” — Dale McGowan, PhD, edi­tor of Par­ent­ing Beyond Belief and 2008 Har­vard Human­ist of the Year

“Mil­lions of peo­ple lead happy, moral, lov­ing, mean­ing­ful lives with­out believ­ing in a god, and Eric Maisel explains in exquis­ite ratio­nal and com­pas­sion­ate detail how we do it.” — Dan Barker, author of Los­ing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Athe­ist and co-president of the Free­dom from Reli­gion Foundation

“I find Maisel’s writ­ings more witty than Hitchens, more pol­ished and artic­u­late than Har­ris, and more infor­ma­tive and enter­tain­ing than Dawkins. A 5-star read from cover to cover!” — David Mills, author of Athe­ist Universe

“The Atheist’s Way offers a mean­ing­ful approach to life that is sub­lime, elo­quent, and inspir­ing. This book is a true breath of fresh air.” — Phil Zuck­er­man, PhD, author of Soci­ety With­out God: What the Least Reli­gious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment

“Maisel pro­vides a foun­da­tion for mak­ing mean­ing and liv­ing pur­pose­fully with­out super­nat­ural inter­ven­tion. A book to be rel­ished by athe­ists, skep­tics, human­ists, free­thinkers, and unbe­liev­ers every­where.” — Donna Druchu­nas, writer on Skepchick.org

“How do you bravely face the world as it is and cre­ate mean­ing for your­self with­out the crutch of a divine bene­fac­tor? Eric Maisel’s wise sug­ges­tions, mus­ings, and insights are a won­der­ful resource for your quest.” — John Allen Pau­los, author of Irre­li­gion: A Math­e­mati­cian Explains Why the Argu­ments for God Just Don’t Add Up

“Eric Maisel has given us a lovely, thought­ful book about belief out­side of the nar­row con­fines of orga­nized reli­gion. The Atheist’s Way offers an uplift­ing pos­i­tive answer for any­one inter­ested in how to live life with­out gods, super­sti­tions or fairy­tales.” — Nica Lalli, author of Noth­ing: Some­thing to Believe In

“With this book, Eric Maisel does what none of the New Athe­ists have suc­ceeded at doing: elab­o­rat­ing what athe­ists do believe.” – Hemant Mehta, author of I Sold My Soul on eBay

“Imag­ine that you’ve just become an athe­ist. Maybe you read The God Delu­sion and you’re pretty sure you’re not reli­gious. But now, you don’t know what to do. The New Athe­ists have done a nice job of con­vinc­ing you to drop your faith in any god. But they never told you what to put up in its place.

“Enter Eric Maisel and The Atheist’s Way.

“This book picks up from where Dawkins and the other pop­u­lar athe­ist writ­ers leave off. It talks about the kinds of things athe­ists do believe in. We have tra­di­tions and ethics and we live mean­ing­ful lives — those things don’t come from one book or one faith. Fur­ther­more, they’re dif­fer­ent for all of us.

“By using anec­dotes told to him by a num­ber of athe­ists, Maisel puts together a col­lec­tion of ways that athe­ists are liv­ing their lives. Just because they no longer believe in God or belong to a reli­gion doesn’t mean they’ve let go of many of the aspects of life we typ­i­cally asso­ciate with religion.

“It’s a great book for any­one who’s on the cusp of athe­ism — some­one who’s not quite there or some­one who just became one. I’m not sure if Chris­tians or long-time athe­ists will get as much out of it, but it’s an easy read and a nice gift to give to any­one who asks how you can get through life with­out a god.” – the friendly athe­ist, friendlyatheist.com

“Eric Maisel is spe­cial to the numer­ous strug­gling cre­ators, suc­cess­ful or not, who have used his many cre­ativ­ity books to moti­vate them and improve their art. I am one of them. My favorite Maisel books, to which I return often, are The Van Gogh Blues and Coach­ing the Artist Within.

“Any­one who has read Maisel’s last few books will have observed the emer­gence and sharp­en­ing of a con­sis­tent phi­los­o­phy. The Atheist’s Way: Liv­ing Well With­out Gods is the cul­mi­na­tion of that think­ing. Infused with pal­pa­ble joy, but also with hard­headed prac­ti­cal­ity, The Atheist’s Way offers a man­i­festo and oper­a­tional par­a­digm for unbelievers.

“The bedrock of The Atheist’s Way is a very exis­ten­tial per­spec­tive (and here I’m express­ing mat­ters far less elo­quently that Eric Maisel): the world intrin­si­cally holds no pur­pose, so we can­not find life’s mean­ing. Instead we boldly make mean­ing. We decide what is mean­ing­ful to us and then take action, minute by minute, month by month, to make mean­ing. When the nihilis­tic nature of the uni­verse threat­ens our mind, as it must often do, we employ courage (Maisel calls this, in one of his many won­der­ful turns of phrase, ‘nom­i­nat­ing your­self as the hero of your own story’). We decide what val­ues mat­ter and we make our­selves moral beings. Life is not seek­ing but per­sonal making.

“Maisel’s clear, sparkling expo­si­tion brings The Atheist’s Way to life, and his logic from begin­ning to end is highly per­sua­sive. Unlike most of his books, this one does not offer ‘exer­cises’ to put the book’s ideas into prac­tice, but he points to parts of two other books (not coin­ci­den­tally the two I men­tioned above) for more con­crete assis­tance. Above all, The Atheist’s Way makes one proud of being an athe­ist. This book is highly rec­om­mended for those of sim­i­lar per­sua­sion, or those waver­ing in their belief in the super­nat­ural.” – Andres Kabel, Cul­tural Pilgrim

 

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