Relax, It’s Just God

How and Why to Talk To Your Kids About Religion When You’re Not Religious

by Wendy Thomas Russell

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Pub Date Mar 31 2015 | Archive Date May 06 2015

Brown Paper Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Parenting & Families | Religion & Spirituality

Description

Relax, It’s Just God is the first full-length book by award-winning journalist and secular-parenting blogger Wendy Thomas Russell. Due out in March, Russell’s book combines her background as a news reporter with her personal experience as a secular parent raising a young daughter. The result is a practical yet groundbreaking guide for addressing religion with children in a way that promotes honesty, critical thinking, religious literacy and genuine tolerance for a full range of ways to view the world.

A rapidly growing demographic cohort in America, first-generation nonreligious parents are at the forefront of a major and unprecedented cultural shift. Unable or unwilling to fall back on what they were taught as children, secular parents often find themselves at a loss for how to approach religion with their young children. More than 60 million Americans consider themselves nonreligious, and that number is on the rise. With chapters on avoiding indoctrination, talking about death, vaccinating against intolerance, dealing with religious baggage, and getting along with religious relatives, Relax, It’s Just God delivers a refreshingly compassionate approach to raising wise, kind, freethinking kids who are capable of making up their own minds about what to believe.

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Also available in eBook format, $10.99.

Advance Praise

“Wendy is a strong, funny, articulate new voice in secular parenting.”
—Dale McGowan, author and editor, Parenting Beyond Belief: Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

“Wendy Thomas Russell never shies from the big questions. Her fresh, funny take on nonreligious parenting is a much-needed addition to the secular landscape, and her book is an invaluable resource for parents who are raising kids without religion.”
—Katherine Ozment, author of Losing Our Religion: The Quest For Grace Without God

“Since first encountering her work, I have been ceaselessly impressed by Wendy’s dedication to showing nonreligious and religious parents alike a more compassionate way to approach religious differences. Hers is a vital voice in the world today.”
—Chris Stedman, author, Fatheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious

“Wendy is remarkably versatile, expert at explaining the inexplicable (say, God), compassionate, refreshingly effortless with language, tireless in her investigations and research and, finally, a joy to read. If I were to take it upon myself to create a new publication, on the first day I would hire Wendy Thomas Russell, and on the second day I would rest.”
— Tim Grobaty, columnist, Long Beach Press-Telegram

“Hitchins is for later. Wendy is for now.”
— Heather Tim Wood, secular parent

Marketing Plan

Relax, It’s Just God will be distributed through Ingram Content Group. Marketing involves traditional media, social media, websites, blogs and online magazines. The author will do signings in the Los Angeles area, participate in a blog tour the first two weeks after the publication date, and make herself available for interviews, Q&As and guest posts. Brown Paper Press will be marketing heavily in religion markets, as well as on blogs and websites aimed at atheists/secularists/skeptics.