A few years ago, an old friend, G. Elijah Dann, had an idea he'd like to edit a book written by a wide spectrum of Christians. Each contributor would share his or her history or perspective of the faith. This would be the group approach to examining a fundamentalist way of life. I wrote a piece and submitted it to him, thinking this would be a good exercise at the least. Gathering my thoughts about my former mindset might help me work through my own history in a healthy manner. But I also had certain misgivings: who'd be interested in reading such stuff?
Turns out lots of people were interested. The book is published by Wilfred Laurier Press. Thank you, Gary! See Below.
More Non Fiction:
Turns out lots of people were interested. The book is published by Wilfred Laurier Press. Thank you, Gary! See Below.
More Non Fiction:
- Here is my book review on David Bergen's The Case of Lena S. (Scroll through the downloadable pdf file to pages 21-23 [JMS Vol 21 (2003), pages 235-237])
- Check out a VueWeekly article of mine on bicycling, which is how I get to school, summer or winter.
Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, 2008, Shortlisted
Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose and Independent Books, 2009, Commended.
Leaving Fundamentalism Personal Stories
G. Elijah Dann, editor
Wilfred Laurier Press
$24.95 Paper, 229 pp.
ISBN: 1-55458-026-9ISBN13: 978-1-55458-026-2Publication
Date: June 2008
Subjects: Religious studies, Biography/memoir, Life writingSeries: Life Writing
Read a review of Leaving Fundamentalism. Read a more recent review.
Read the first few pages.
Table of Contents
Forward - Thomas Moore
Rapture, Community, and Individualist Hope - Joseph Simons, 35
From there to here - L.A. Livingston, 55
Fantastic Voyage: Surviving Charismatic Fundamentalism - David L Rattigan, 74
My mother, my Church - Margaret Steel, 93
The Ministry Revisited - Keith Dixon, 109
Looking Back at Sodom: my evangelical and lesbian testimonies - Julie Rak, 128
The Slippery Slope of Theology - Jeffrey W. Robbins, 145
Life Stages - Jacob Shelley, 161
"More Catholic than thou": One man's journey through Roman Catholic fundamentalism - Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, 180
Inching Along - Beverley Bryant, 199
From Fear to Faith: My Journey into Evangelical Humanism - Glenn A. Robitaille, 210
The Jesus Lizard - James Fieser, 223
"Are you a 'real' Christian?" - Leia Minaker, 240
The Naked Empress, Queen of Fundamentalism - Anonymous, 250
Confessions of an Ex-fundamentalist - G. Elijah Dann, 268
Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose and Independent Books, 2009, Commended.
Leaving Fundamentalism Personal Stories
G. Elijah Dann, editor
Wilfred Laurier Press
$24.95 Paper, 229 pp.
ISBN: 1-55458-026-9ISBN13: 978-1-55458-026-2Publication
Date: June 2008
Subjects: Religious studies, Biography/memoir, Life writingSeries: Life Writing
Read a review of Leaving Fundamentalism. Read a more recent review.
Read the first few pages.
Table of Contents
Forward - Thomas Moore
Rapture, Community, and Individualist Hope - Joseph Simons, 35
From there to here - L.A. Livingston, 55
Fantastic Voyage: Surviving Charismatic Fundamentalism - David L Rattigan, 74
My mother, my Church - Margaret Steel, 93
The Ministry Revisited - Keith Dixon, 109
Looking Back at Sodom: my evangelical and lesbian testimonies - Julie Rak, 128
The Slippery Slope of Theology - Jeffrey W. Robbins, 145
Life Stages - Jacob Shelley, 161
"More Catholic than thou": One man's journey through Roman Catholic fundamentalism - Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, 180
Inching Along - Beverley Bryant, 199
From Fear to Faith: My Journey into Evangelical Humanism - Glenn A. Robitaille, 210
The Jesus Lizard - James Fieser, 223
"Are you a 'real' Christian?" - Leia Minaker, 240
The Naked Empress, Queen of Fundamentalism - Anonymous, 250
Confessions of an Ex-fundamentalist - G. Elijah Dann, 268
