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Patience with God

Faith for People Who Don't Like Religion (or Atheism)

by Frank Schaeffer

  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Perseus Running Press
  • 13.8 x 20.6 x 2.1 cm

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From the bestselling and controversial author of "Keeping Faith" and "Crazy for God", this is a spirited, witty, and provocative challenge to atheists and fundamentalists alike. Frank Schaeffer has a problem with Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and the rest of the New Atheists-the self-anointed 'Brights'. He also has a problem with the Rick Warrens and Tim LaHayes of the world - the religious fundamentalists. The problem is that he doesn't see much of a difference between the two camps. As Schaeffer puts it, they 'often share the same fallacy: truth claims that reek of false certainties. I believe that there is an alternative that actually matches the way life is lived rather than how we usually talk about belief.' Sparing no one and nothing, including himself and his fiery evangelical past, and invoking subtleties too easily ignored by the pontificators, Schaeffer adds much-needed nuance to the existing religious conversation.'I discovered from the emails I've been inundated with since my memoir was published that there are more of us perplexed former (or currently) religiously inclined or religiously raised folks on a journey from past certainties to points unknown than I'd been aware of. We want to have faith in God in spite of our bad experiences with religion, oppressive family relationships, and/or doubts and questions. We too worry that we been hoodwinked by a fairy tale. I hope that this book will provide a meeting place for those of us who count ourselves among the scattered members of what I'll call the Church of Hopeful Uncertainty.'
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  • Author

    Frank Schaeffer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Perseus Running Press

  • Published

    November 2010

  • Edition

    First Trade Paper Edition

  • Weight

    264g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 20.6 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780306819223

  • ISBN-10

    0306819228

  • Eden Code

    3784088

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