The Atlanta Freethought Society welcomes Herb Silverman, who will discuss his new book An Atheist Stranger in a Strange Religious Land and his previous book Candidate Without a Prayer.
In both book and blog, Herb Silverman, the ”unflappable atheist,” gives his original take on today’s most timely issues in the bumpy crossroads among atheism, religion, and politics. He is one of the most original and humorous voices in the secular movement today.
Why did this mild-mannered mathematics professor (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the College of Charleston) and liberal, Jewish, Yankee atheist decide to be a candidate for governor of South Carolina? In his book, Candidate Without a Prayer, Herb tells that story and its unexpected results: Writing a regular column for the “On Faith” page of the Washington Post. Writing for HuffPo. Even finding a wife.
Herb Silverman is founder and president emeritus of the Secular Coalition for America; founder of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina; and founder and former faculty advisor to the College of Charleston student Atheist/Humanist Alliance. He is a board member of the American Humanist Association; advisory board member of the Secular Student Alliance; and an “On Faith” blogger for the Washington Post online.
Herb has appeared in a number of debates on topics that include: “Can We Be Moral Without God?” “Does God Exist?” “Is America a Christian Nation?” He has also debated at the Oxford Union at Oxford University in England on the topic, “Does American Religion Undermine American Values?”
After an eight-year legal battle, Herb won a unanimous decision in South Carolina’s Supreme Court, nullifying the state’s religious test requirement to hold public office.
We generally meet at noon for socializing, and then the talk starts at 1:00. The facility is wheelchair accessible. Atlanta Freethought Hall is a former Primitive Baptist Church, built in 1866. Atlanta Freethought Society was founded in 1985, which makes it one of Metro Atlanta’s oldest secular societies. AF Hall is the meeting place for Fellowship of Reason, Freedom of Religion Foundation of Atlanta, as well as other organizations. We rent the building at reasonable rates. If you would like to rent the hall for an organization meeting, a party, a wedding, etc., please see a Board Member.