GODLESS -- Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs: Volume 6 - Brossura

Rasley, Jeff

Brossura

ISBN 10: 069232481X ISBN 13: 9780692324813

Casa editrice: Midsummer Books, 2014

Riassunto

"Godless" is not a wholesale attack on religion. It affirms the community-building, good works, and contemplative activities of religious organizations. It makes the case for a personal way of life guided by positive values and for communal organizations which should welcome rational, secular, humanist, agnostic, atheist, and spiritual understandings of reality. "Godless" describes communal worship which is uplifting but does not promote belief in irrational superstitions. "Godless" synthesizes what Rasley has learned from his study of the Basa Rai in the Nepal Himalayas, from Quakers, and the American philosophy of Pragmatism. The book describes a values-based way of living derived from the author's cross-cultural experiences. It encourages a spiritual response of awe and gratitude for being alive and conscious in this wonderful shared world.Other books by Jeff Rasley - "Bringing Progress to Paradise; What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village" in Nepal describes an astounding Himalayan adventure which becomes a critical reflection on the damage charitable giving can do to the intended beneficiaries. The rest of the story of Basa Village, is told in Light in the "Mountains - Namaste, Rakshi, and Electricity in a Himalayan Village" and its prequel India - Nepal Himalayas In the Moment (an honest Three Cups of Tea). To get out of the snow and mountains for adventures on water and islands, check out the lyrical "Island Adventures". For a change of pace curl up with "False Prophet". It's a romantic mystery and inspirational tale based on a legal case Rasley handled in his 30-year Indianapolis law practice. If you enjoy sports action, history, humor, romance,set during the cultural revolution of the 60s, check out "MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY 1969: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, Viet Nam, Civil Rights, and Football". "Pilgrimage: Sturgis to Wounded Knee and Back Home, a Memoir" begins with a motorcycle road trip to the Bacchanalia of Sturgis Bike Week, then takes a detour to the massacre at Wounded Knee, and crosses the ocean to a remote village in the Himalayas. Reconciliation is found back home in Indiana. "Hero's Journey - John Ritter, the Chip Hilton of Goshen, Indiana" is a meditation on what makes a real hero and a nostalgic reminiscence about childhood heroes. "Polarized! The Case for Civility in the Time of Trump" describes the unhealthy polarization of the US body politic and proposes a cure.

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Jeff Rasley lives on the White River in Indianapolis with Alicia and Bandit. Jeff is the author of eight books; GODLESS --Living a Valuable Life beyond Beliefs is the most recent. He's published numerous articles in academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, and ABA Journal. He is an award-winning photographer. His photos taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals. Jeff's commitment to social activism and philanthropy began at an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights and the leader of the first rent strike in Indiana as president of the Indianapolis Tenants Association. He was lead counsel on two class action suits on behalf of prisoners which resulted in the construction of two new jails in Central Indiana. Jeff was lead plaintiff in a class action requiring the clean-up of the White River after it was polluted by an industrial chemical spill. Jeff is the founder and president of the Basa Village Foundation USA, which raises money for culturally sensitive development work in Nepal. He currently serves as an officer or director for five nonprofit corporations. He is U.S. liaison for the Himalayan expedition company Adventure GeoTreks Ltd. He teaches philosophy of philanthropy at Butler University. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Chicago, BA magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary, M.Div magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. He has been admitted to the Indiana, US District Court, and US Supreme Court Bars. Jeff received Proclamations of Salutation from the Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania and named an honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp of the Alabama State Militia, a Kentucky Colonel and honorary Citizen of Tennessee. He was given a Key to the City of Indianapolis for serving as an intern to Mayor Hudnut and preparing a report on the safety conditions of all Indy Parks. He received the Man of the Year award from the Arthur Jordan YMCA and the Alumni Service Award from the University of Chicago. Jeff describes reading Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past as great an adventure as climbing Himalayan peaks.

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Beliefs divide us, Values unite us. The contemporary history of religious and political ideologies is bloody. From the Nazi Holocaust to beheadings by Islamic Jihadist terrorists, fanatics have divided the world into believers and heretics. Their propaganda has persuaded followers to torture and slaughter unbelievers. The cure for the pathology of fanatical beliefs: Fight Violence with Values! Discard religious doctrines and political ideologies. Let shared values be the guides of personal and policy decisions. "Godless" illuminates a way forward into a more harmonious and peaceful future. It offers a remedy to revive religion and increase political participation. It advocates a pragmatic middle way to counter both fundamentalist extremism and secular apathy through communal activism. Godless -- Living a Valuable Life beyond Beliefs begins as a memoir reaching back into the author's Puritan family history and the Salem witch trials. Rasley's worldwide travels, spiritual quest, and intellectual journey took him far from his small town roots in the Presbyterian Church and Republican Party. Fascination with cultures very different from his Hoosier homeland developed during adventure travel breaks from studies in London and the University of Chicago. A successful law practice eventually allowed him the freedom to combine ethnographic research with mountaineering expeditions and philanthropy projects. A special bond with the Rai people of Basa village developed during Rasley's "philanthro-trekking" in the Nepal Himalayas. Indianapolis First Friends Quaker Meeting agreed to sponsor fundraising for a foundation Rasley developed in partnership with Basa village. These dissimilar people on opposite sides of the world share fundamental values in their tolerant, peaceful, and simple approach to life. "Godless" blends what Rasley has learned from the Basa Rai and Quakers with the classic American philosophy of Pragmatism to describe a values-based way of living. It encourages a

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• Editore: Midsummer Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 069232481X
• ISBN 13: 9780692324813
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 280