- 246 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The stories in Leaving Fundamentalism provide a personal and intimate look behind sermons, religious services, and church life, and promote an understanding of those who have been deeply involved in, and then left, the conservative Christian church.
These autobiographies come from within the congregations and homes of religious fundamentalists, where their highly idealized faith, in all its complexities and problems, meets the reality of everyday life. In a time when religious conservatives have placed their faith and values at the forefront of the so-called "culture wars," this book is extremely relevant. Told from the perspective of distance gained by leaving fundamentalism, each story gives the reader a snapshot of what it is like to go through the experiences, thoughts, feelings, passions, and pains that, for many of the writers, are still raw. Explaining how their lives might continue after fundamentalism, these writers offer a spiritual lifeline for others who may be questioning their faith.
Foreword by Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and many other books.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- An Introduction to Christian Fundamentalism
- Rapture, Community, and Individualist Hope
- From There to Here
- Fantastic Voyage: Surviving Charismatic Fundamentalism
- My Mother, My Church
- The Ministry Revisited
- Looking Back at Sodom: My Evangelical and Lesbian Testimonies
- The Slippery Slope of Theology
- Life Stages
- "More Catholic Than Thou”: One Man’s Journey Through Roman Catholic Fundamentalism
- Inching Along
- From Fear to Faith: My Journey into Evangelical Humanism
- The Jesus Lizard
- “Are You a ‘Real’ Christian?”
- The Naked Empress, Queen of Fundamentalism
- Confessions of an Ex-Fundamentalist
- Contributors