This event is free and open to the public.
We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Why You Should Too) - presented by Kate Cohen
Kate Cohen presenting to TFS
Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub
Raleigh NC
January 21, 3-5PM
Triangle Freethought Society (TFS) invites Washington Post columnist Kate Cohen to discuss her new book, We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too) and why atheists should be more honest about their nonbelief — for their sake and for the sake of the country. Copies will be available for purchase.
We of Little Faith chronicles Kate's journey from Reform Jew to outspoken atheist, her decision to raise her children as atheists, and her efforts to recognize and replace the benefits religion can bring. It also argues that nonbelievers should be more vocal, both to enjoy more honest lives and to help save America. For this work and for her columns inspecting America's outsized deference to religion, the Freedom from Religion Foundation recently honored her with its "Freethought Heroine" award.
Please join Kate at the Morgan Street Food Hall for dinner after the program. The Food Hall is just around the corner from the venue and we will simply walk over and try to get seating together. The Food Hall has a variety of options of food and drink.
This event is open to the public with no admission fee. Attendees are responsible for their own bills.
Kate Cohen is the author of two previous books.
The Neppi Modona Diaries: Reading Jewish Survival through My Italian Family tells the story of a Jewish family who went into hiding to survive the Nazi invasion, and explores Kate’s own perspective as a post-Holocaust, non-believing Jew at the end of the twentieth century.
A Walk Down the Aisle: Notes on a Modern Wedding examines through personal essays the functionally outdated but still hard-to-resist American wedding ritual.
She and her husband live on a farm in Albany, New York.
While this event is open to the public and all are welcome, this is not a time or place for debate or evangelizing. Anyone causing a disturbance or making others uncomfortable will be asked to leave.