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    Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism
    Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism
    Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism
    Audiobook4 hours

    Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelicalism

    Written by David P. Gushee

    Narrated by Adam Verner

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    In this provocative tell-all, David Gushee gives an insider s look at the frictions and schisms of evangelical Christianity, based on his experiences that began with becoming a born-again Southern Baptist in 1978 to being kicked out of evangelicalism in 2014 for his stance on LGBT inclusion in the church. But Gushee s religious pilgrimage proves even broader than that, as he leads his reader through his childhood experiences in Roman Catholicism, his difficult days at the liberal Union Seminary in New York, his encounters with the Christian Right, and more. In telling his story, Gushee speaks to the cultural divisions of a generation, as well as of today, and to those who have themselves been disillusioned by many battles within American Christianity. As he describes his own struggles to find the right path at different stages of his journey, he highlights the turning points and decisions that we all face. When do we compromise, and when we do we stand our ground? Is holding to moral conviction worth sacrificing friendship, jobs, and security? As he takes us through his sometimes-amusing, sometimes-heartbreaking, and always-stirring journey, Gushee shows us that we can retain our faith in Christ even when Christians disappoint us.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateMar 15, 2018
    ISBN9781545904107
    Author

    David P. Gushee

      David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. He also serves as chair in Christian social ethics at Vrije Universiteit and senior research fellow at International Baptist Theological Study Centre, both in Amsterdam. His many other books include Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation.

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    • 1/5
      I have tried twice to listen to this audiobook. Both times I found the rambling introduction to put me off. If you have more perseverance than me, perhaps you will find this a helpful book.
    • 5/5
      This book helped me understand some of the history told from the perspective of a real life story; the good and the bad. I appreciate the author’s transparency.
    • 5/5
      Very helpful personal account of a faith journey, helpful even for us in non American Evangelical academia. I don't fancy the reading voice.
    • 5/5
      Honest, refreshing, written with wisdom and discernment. Thank you David G for sharing your journey with the Lord in an open and loving way.
      Advocating for unity!
    • 5/5
      Great autobiography. An interesting life story. It is worth to read and see how he goes through some struggle with fundamentalist and how Christian belief became a political power tool in right wing s.