{"id":1856,"date":"2012-08-12T01:20:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T01:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2015-02-17T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T08:21:36","slug":"2012-08-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2012-08-12\/","title":{"rendered":"An Atheist Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shelley Segal: Atheist, Humanist, Secular Singer<\/font><\/h4>\n

August 12, 2012<\/font><\/h4>\n
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Shelley Segal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/strong>Segal, an Australia-based singer-songwriter, will \u00a0discuss and sing songs from her latest release, An Atheist Album, at shelleysegal.com<\/a>. She became involved in secular activism over two years ago, \u00a0despite her father being the president of a local synagogue. Her songs are a passionate response to dogmatic belief, inequality, religious oppression and the idea that only the devout can be grateful and good. \u00a0She enjoys bringing these controversial topics to public discourse and finds music to be an effective medium for expression and raising awareness.<\/p>\n

In addition to her music Shelley told fascinating stories about secularism in Australia and about the history of each of her songs. \u00a0 She said she was inspired by many people including Christopher Hitchens and his famous quote, “Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.” \u00a0 She has been supportive of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain<\/a> and of Maryam Narmazie<\/a> who is active in support of women’s rights in Islamic Societies and particularly in Iran which is where she was born.\u00a0 Shelley was assisted in her performance by Andrew Robertson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 
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