GODLESS -- Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692324813)

Jeff Rasley lives on the White River in Indianapolis with Alicia and Bandit. Jeff is the author of eight books; GODLESS --Living a Valuable Life beyond Beliefs is the most recent. He's published numerous articles in academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, and ABA Journal. He is an award-winning photographer. His photos taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals. Jeff's commitment to social activism and philanthropy began at an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights and the leader of the first rent strike in Indiana as president of the Indianapolis Tenants Association. He was lead counsel on two class action suits on behalf of prisoners which resulted in the construction of two new jails in Central Indiana. Jeff was lead plaintiff in a class action requiring the clean-up of the White River after it was polluted by an industrial chemical spill. Jeff is the founder and president of the Basa Village Foundation USA, which raises money for culturally sensitive development work in Nepal. He currently serves as an officer or director for five nonprofit corporations. He is U.S. liaison for the Himalayan expedition company Adventure GeoTreks Ltd. He teaches philosophy of philanthropy at Butler University. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Chicago, BA magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary, M.Div magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. He has been admitted to the Indiana, US District Court, and US Supreme Court Bars. Jeff received Proclamations of Salutation from the Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania and named an honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp of the Alabama State Militia, a Kentucky Colonel and honorary Citizen of Tennessee. He was given a Key to the City of Indianapolis for serving as an intern to Mayor Hudnut and preparing a report on the safety conditions of all Indy Parks. He received the Man of the Year award from the Arthur Jordan YMCA and the Alumni Service Award from the University of Chicago. Jeff describes reading Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past as great an adventure as climbing Himalayan peaks.