The Man Who Lost God and Found Language: A Biography of Daniel Everett

By Chronicles Of Spirit

He went to the Amazon to save a lost tribe. Instead, they saved him—by destroying everything he believed.

What would it take to shatter your most deeply held beliefs? For Daniel Everett, a dedicated Christian missionary, the answer was found in the deepest reaches of the Amazon jungle, among a people who would change the course of his life and the landscape of modern science.

This is the gripping, true story of a man who journeyed into a world untouched by time. His mission: to translate the Bible for the Pirahã, a mysterious and isolated tribe. But what he discovered was a culture and a language so radically different from our own that it defied all he had been taught. The Pirahã lived without numbers, without a concept of God, without a creation myth, and without any need for the salvation he offered. Their language, a complex system of whistles, hums, and tones, lacked the one feature that scientists believed was universal to all humanity.

Faced with a reality that his faith and his science could not explain, Everett was forced on an agonizing journey of discovery. He would have to choose between the dogma he was sent to preach and the undeniable evidence before his eyes—a choice that would cost him his God, his community, and his thirty-five-year marriage.

"The Man Who Lost God and Found Language" is more than a biography; it is a raw, unflinching account of intellectual and spiritual transformation. It is a story of adventure, a crisis of faith, and a scientific revolution that pitted one man against the most powerful and established minds in linguistics.

In this unforgettable book, you will discover:

• A thrilling true story of adventure and survival in the world's most remote jungle.
• A mind-bending exploration of language, culture, and how they shape the very nature of human thought.
• A profound and brutally honest look at a crisis of faith and the journey from fervent believer to leading humanist.
• The incredible story of how one man's discovery challenged the foundations of modern science and sparked an academic war.

This book is for anyone who has ever dared to ask a dangerous question, for readers of epic adventures like "Into the Wild," and for those fascinated by the big ideas in books like "Sapiens."

If you are ready for a story of intellectual courage that will challenge everything you thought you knew about faith and the human experience, get your copy today!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicles Of Spirit
• Release date: Sep 26, 2025
• ISBN: 9798232082291

Book preview

Chapter 1

A Long Way from the Reservation

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Daniel Everett’s story does not begin in the hushed halls of academia or the solemn pews of a church. It begins under the relentless, sun-bleached sky of Southern California, in the dust and grit of a border town called Holtville, a place where the American dream frayed at the edges. Born in 1951, Everett grew up a product of this harsh landscape. He was a tough kid, a self-proclaimed redneck, more interested in horses and hot rods than in homework. His father was a sometime-cowboy, a mechanic who could fix anything with an engine, a man who worked with his hands and instilled in his son a rugged self-reliance. It was a world of practicality, of things you could see and touch and