Dan Barker
Daniel Edwin Barker (born June 25, 1949) is an American atheist activist and musician who served as an evangelical Christian preacher and composer for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. He and his wife Annie Laurie Gaylor are the current co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and he is cofounder of The Clergy Project. He has written numerous articles for Freethought Today, an American freethought newspaper. He is the author of several books including Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist.
Dan Barker | |
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| Born | Daniel Edwin Barker June 25, 1949 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Azusa Pacific University |
| Occupation(s) | Co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation, author, musician |
| Known for | Advocacy of atheism and rationalism Criticism of religion |
Barker has been an invited speaker at Rock Beyond Belief. He is on the speakers bureau of the Secular Student Alliance.
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