Karen Garst

Karen Garst has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the UW - Madison, a Masters in French Literature from the same, and a BA in French from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She has served as a field representative for the Oregon Federation of Teachers (AFT), executive director of the Oregon Community College Association, and executive director of the Oregon State Bar. She is married and lives in Salem, Oregon.

In 2014, the U. S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. She was incensed. “Since when did a ‘corporation’ get to use its religious beliefs to dictate what health care a woman could receive?” she stated. She decided to write a book on atheism ( Women Beyond Belief ) and the harm religion has done to women. A friend introduced her to Dr. Peter Boghossian at PSU (A Manual for Atheists) and the rest is history. The book is an anthology of personal essays from women of all ages who have left religion. It has been published by Pitchstone Publishing.

www.faithlessfeminist.com

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