Why I Am Not an Atheist - The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer

Former editor of Twenty-five years ago, celebrated author (and cradle Catholic) Christopher Beha gave up on God. Helped along by a reading of Bertrand Russell’s classic text Beha’s passage through these rival forms of atheism leads him to the surprising conclusion that faith--particularly faith in a created order in which each human life has a meaningful part--preserves the best of both traditions while offering a complete and coherent picture of reality.; This magisterial investigation of the heights of human intellectual achievement is at once deeply personal and universal--grounded in decades of reading and thinking;about various atheist efforts to;address the problems of human suffering,;mortality, and ultimate meaning.

About the author

Christopher Beha is the former editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author of four previous books, including The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, which was nominated for the 2020 National Book Award.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Beha, Beha Christopher
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.02.2026
• EAN: 9780593490471
• ISBN: 978-0-593-49047-1
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SELF-HELP / Spiritual, Memoirs, RELIGION / Philosophy, Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice, Philosophy of religion, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs