Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the QuestionsEighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought national attention to her hometown, Rachel Held Evans faced a trial of her own when she began to have doubts about her faith. Growing up in a culture obsessed with apologetics, Evans asks questions she never thought she would ask. She learns that in order for her faith to survive in a postmodern context, it must adapt to change and evolve. Using as an illustration her own spiritual journey from certainty, through doubt, to faith, Evans adds a unique perspective to the ongoing dialogue about postmodernism and the church that has so captivated the Christian community in recent years. In a changing cultural environment where new ideas threaten the safety and security of the faith, Evolving in Monkey Town is a fearlessly honest story of survival. |
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User Review - bness2 - LibraryThingWow, this is a great book. If you have grown up in a very conservative, Fundamentalist church, and have ever had deep questions and doubts, you will likely resonate with Rachel. She comes across as an ... Read full review
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User Review - xuebi - LibraryThingEvans' memoirs of her early years growing up in Christianity strike a chord with those who are seeking and questioning their faith. Her stories of struggling with various preconceived fundamentals of ... Read full review
Contents
Preface | 13 |
The Best Christian Attitude Award | 27 |
June the Ten Commandments Lady | 45 |
Monkey Town | 51 |
Greg the Apologist | 65 |
Nathan the Soldier | 83 |
When Believers Ask | 89 |
Jesus God in Sandals | 101 |
Mark the Evangelist | 157 |
Judgment Day | 161 |
Adele the Oxymoron | 177 |
Sword Drills | 181 |
CHange | 188 |
Sam the Feminist | 199 |
Adaptation | 203 |
Dan the Fixer | 213 |
Survivors Guilt | 109 |
John the Revelator | 121 |
Higher Ways | 127 |
Laxmi the Widow | 139 |
God Things | 145 |
Living the Questions | 217 |
Acknowledgments | 229 |
Notes 229 | 231 |
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Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions Rachel Held Evans No preview available - 2014 |
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