Jerry DeWitt
2013: Atheism’s 10 defining moments
By Chris Stedman — December 31, 2013
Atheism was in the headlines perhaps more than ever before in 2013. To highlight some of atheism’s defining moments and trends from the last year, I worked with a panel of ten writers, scholars, and activists to come up with ten major moments or currents in American atheism from 2013. Their contributions are below. Godless […]
Skeptics wonder if ex-clergy should lead atheist movements
By Ken Chitwood — October 2, 2013
(RNS) Some skeptics are wondering if ex-clergy leading nonreligious groups is a good idea.
Former preacher becomes a poster boy for unbelief
By Bruce Nolan — June 13, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Jerry DeWitt is beginning to develop a national profile in the small universe of organized unbelievers as a former Pentecostal preacher who little by little lost his faith right there in the pulpit. Now DeWitt is out of the pulpit, and public about his nonbelief. By Bruce Nolan.
Sidebar: Pastor’s loss of faith started with loss of hell
By Kimberly Winston — April 30, 2012
(RNS) Jerry DeWitt’s transition from true believer to total skeptic took 25 years. It began, he said, with the idea of hell. How could it be, as he had been taught and preached, that a loving God would damn most people to eternal fire? By Kimberly Winston.
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