{"id":41870,"date":"2021-10-08T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=41870"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:47:19","slug":"the-inspirational-atheist-by-buzzy-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-inspirational-atheist-by-buzzy-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inspirational Atheist by Buzzy Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.7&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1116008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-41888\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=289%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=632%2C901&amp;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=1020%2C1454&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=768%2C1095&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=1078%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1078w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?resize=1437%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1437w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inspirational-atheist.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s another gem from one of my collection areas! No matter your faith affiliation, this is a fantastic book to get a bit of inspiration and wonder when you&#8217;re feeling down. The quotations gathered in this well-organized volume capture the magic and mystery of being alive, with a good dose of humor thrown in the bargain.<\/p>\n<p>Buzzy Jackson compiled <a href=\"https:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.7&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1116008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Inspirational Atheist<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to provide a secular counterpart to the many faith-based books of inspiration and wisdom. Pulling quotes from figures both historical and contemporary on a wide variety of subjects, Jackson provides food for thought no matter the reader&#8217;s beliefs. The quotes are organized into alphabetized topical chapters, which provides a targeted and searchable format.<\/p>\n<p>I really appreciated how much work and care went into the compiling of the book; not only is it well-sorted into categories, but Jackson also worked hard to make sure all quotes were attributed correctly, and omitted any quotes that couldn&#8217;t be pinned down.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a book with guidance and sincerity that will make you think, you might want to give this one a try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another gem from one of my collection areas! No matter your faith affiliation, this is a fantastic book to get a bit of inspiration and wonder when you&#8217;re feeling down. The quotations gathered in this well-organized volume capture the magic and mystery of being alive, with a good dose<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-inspirational-atheist-by-buzzy-jackson\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,1,8],"tags":[1225,1207,5929,5931,5930],"class_list":["post-41870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-advice","tag-inspiration","tag-motivation","tag-secular","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-aTk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41870"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42018,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41870\/revisions\/42018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}