* Former evangelical minister
    * Staff member of Freedom From Religion Foundation
    * Author of Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
    * Author of Godless: How An Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists (with a foreword by Richard Dawkins)
    * Dynamic Speaker and Debater (and singer!)
    * Frequent media appearances including the Phil Donahue show, Maury Povich, Hannity & Colmes, and Oprah Winfrey

Mr. Barker became a teenage evangelist at age 15.  He maintained a touring musical ministry for 17 years, including eight years of full-time, cross-country evangelism.  Following five years of reading, Mr. Barker gradually outgrew his religious beliefs. “If I had limited myself to Christian authors, I’d still be a Christian today”  He announced his atheism publicly in January, 1984.  He has been a staff member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation since 1987.

Dan is also the co-host of the weekly podcast Freethought Radio with wife Annie Laurie Gaylor.

Dan is available to discuss such topics as:
-"Losing Faith in Faith," his story of de-conversion from preacher to atheist
-How to be good without a god
-The importance of state/church separation
-Did Jesus rise from the dead?
-Did Jesus exist?
-Debating the existance of a god
-Debating morality
-Debating evolution
-Debating the separation of church and state

 Dan is also an accomplished pianist and vocalist, offering concerts of freethought tunes.

 

 

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