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.
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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