Knock at the Sky
eBook - ePub

Knock at the Sky

Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Knock at the Sky

Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible

About this book

In the beginning was a work of art. 
 
What does Bible study look like after inerrancy? Do you have to give up studying Scripture when you no longer believe in its literal interpretation? Can you still believe this book is sacred even while renegotiating your relationship to the church? In Knock at the Sky, Liz Charlotte Grant offers compelling answers to these questions and more in this deeply personal commentary on the book of Genesis.
 
Braiding together encounters with the natural world, Jewish midrash, and art criticism, Grant makes familiar Sunday school stories strange and offers a fresh vision for reading Scripture after deconstruction. For those who have known the book of Genesis as a weapon in the culture wars, Grant interprets the Bible's inspired book of beginnings as a work of art. Lyrical, insightful, and highly original, Knock at the Sky offers readers a capacious model for seeking God through Scripture even as one's faith continues to evolve.
 
"In this book, you too have permission to question the sacred without fearing . . . unbelief. Knock loudly. . . . Reject answers that do not admit complication. Seek the resonance at the base of the story. The seeking is the point. Because there, in your wandering, God is."

BookFest Book Award Nonfiction Religion Christianity First Place (2025)

Associated Church Press Best of the Church Press Awards - Books - Nonfiction (includes curriculum) Honorable Mention (2024)

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Sarah Bessey
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. A Note to Former and Current Evangelicals
  9. On Genesis and Methodology
  10. 01 First Contact
  11. 02 Plural
  12. 03 The Loaded Gun
  13. 04 Doomsday
  14. 05 Tongue in Knots
  15. 06 White Noise
  16. 07 Empty
  17. 08 Wasteland
  18. 09 Protest Art
  19. 10 Holy Terror
  20. 11 Stranglehold of God
  21. Final Thoughts
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Endnotes
  24. Artist’s Note
  25. Author’s Note
  26. Permissions