Leaving Faith Behind
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Leaving Faith Behind
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Author : Fiyaz Mughal
language : en
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Release Date : 2020-04-28
Leaving Faith Behind written by Fiyaz Mughal and has been published by Augsburg Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-28 with Religion categories.
Leaving Faith Behind gives voice to women and men who were born into Muslim families and communities, but who have made the decision to leave Islam or to dissent against some of the most significant aspects of Islamic doctrine. Aliyah, who realized as a young woman that she did not have to live by rigid rules and concepts that suffocated her true self. Hassan, who became a practicing Muslim in his teens, but for whom doubts led him to leave the faith in his fifties. Jimmy, banished from his home and family when he was discovered to be gay. Marwa, who keeps secret from her community the fact that she can no longer practice a religion that she believes degrades and denies basic rights to women. Aisha, for whom the journey from belief to disbelief was a gradual process involving personal challenge and confrontations with friends and family. As increasing numbers of people in Western society choose to turn away from organized religion, this book allows the stories of some of them to be heard: the reasons for their decisions to leave, the challenges of leaving, and the effects on their lives and relationships. It also captures portraits of life and culture within Muslim communities in our fast-changing world, and how they are reacting and responding to migration, secularization, more inclusive attitudes to gender and sexuality, and other trends of modern society.
Leaving Faith Behind
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Author : Jeffrey Olsson
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009-03-17
Leaving Faith Behind written by Jeffrey Olsson and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-17 with Religion categories.
In the first nine chapters of this book Jeff Olsson answers those who have asked why he would want to leave a faith community such as the Anglican Church of Canada and Christianity. A letter to my curious friends is Jeffs personal story where he explains how faith is not always a virtue when those who choose to believe do so at the expense of others. Chapters ten through twenty eight give a historical perspective on atheism and present a rational world view. Later chapters include a criticism of Augustinian and Papal views on morality and offer humanism as a viable alternative.
Own It
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Author : Hayley DiMarco
language : en
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Own It written by Hayley DiMarco and has been published by B&H Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Religion categories.
The movie Grace Unplugged tells the story of Grace Trey, an ideal Christian teenager who is also a phenomenal singer. But when she is pushed into the “real world” at the tender age of eighteen after getting the music break of a lifetime, her faith is put to the test. Own It! mirrors the film by asking what it means to really “own” your personal faith rather than just automatically following in the footsteps of parents, friends, or other influencers. Best-selling authors Hayley and Michael DiMarco help readers understand what to do when faith meets real world challenges. Without solid beliefs, poor choices are likely to follow. You must take the time to really know who you are, who you are becoming, and who God made you to be. It's your personal faith . . . own it!
Leaving God Behind
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Author : David Arthur Auten
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-09-18
Leaving God Behind written by David Arthur Auten and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With warmth, wisdom, and compassion, David Arthur Auten invites us to reclaim the secretive, intuitive nature of authentic becoming. In a time when many are increasingly disenchanted with traditional demarcations between belief and unbelief, the sacred and secular, Auten offers a refreshing account of what faith can look like beyond the bounds of religion. Those thirsting for reacquaintance with true selfhood, and the ability to heed the gift of their own inner voice, will find consolation and inspiration in the author’s story of leaving behind the church, ministry, and also God, not in exchange for an atheist or even humanist outlook, but as an act of faith itself. Transgressive, insightful, and candid, Leaving God Behind is a memoir of following God beyond God, to a place of self-compassion, surrender, and homecoming.
Leaving Myself Behind
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Author : Precise Lettering Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-13
Leaving Myself Behind written by Precise Lettering Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-13 with categories.
Leaving Myself Behind: Have You Ever Experienced God's Mercy? Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith into the life and purpose God leads you to. Even if it costs you the only life you've ever known. Leaving Myself Behind: Is a powerful story of hope, faith and the courage to change for the sake of your beliefs.
A Fallen Mormon
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Author : Corvis Evadere
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-25
A Fallen Mormon written by Corvis Evadere and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-25 with categories.
In the summer of 2019 I left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.This short work contains my journey out of the faith, and my current thoughts on religion and the LDS church in general. I don't claim to be a great philosopher, or that I am breaking any new ground in these pages. Rather, I want others who have left the Mormon Church, or religion in general to know they are not alone. To see they are not the only ones who have dared leave a faith, even when everyone around them is still practicing.So dive in with me, and dare to leave your faith behind.
Caught In The Pulpit
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Author : Daniel C. Dennett
language : en
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Caught In The Pulpit written by Daniel C. Dennett and has been published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Religion categories.
What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age—the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach. In confidential interviews, clergy from across the ministerial spectrum—from liberal to literal—reveal how their lives of religious service and study have led them to a truth inimical to their professed beliefs and profession. Although their personal stories are as varied as the denominations they once represented, or continue to represent—whether Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Mormon, Pentecostal, or any of numerous others—they give voice not only to their own struggles but also to those who similarly suffer in tender and lonely silence. As this study poignantly and vividly reveals, their common journey has far-reaching implications not only for their families, their congregations, and their communities—but also for the very future of religion.
Back From Damascus
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Author : Cornel M. Hamm
language : en
Publisher: SF Classic
Release Date : 2016-05-01
Back From Damascus written by Cornel M. Hamm and has been published by SF Classic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Unlike Saint Paul of the New Testament, who found his way into religion on the road to Damascus, the author of this autobiography found freedom from religion on his long road back from Damascus, where he was figuratively born and raised. With original insights into evangelical Christian issues - getting saved, surrendering all to Jesus, enacting the fleece test, and struggling with issues of faith versus reason - the author details his gradual escape from religion and charts a road ahead to a brighter future in a post theist society. From his early ambition to become a theologian and Christian minister, the author's interest shifted to secular education, becoming a public school teacher for a decade and then a university professor teaching philosophy of education. This transformation constituted a change of major proportions, an about face reminiscent of Saint Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus.
Faith Beyond Belief
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Author : Margaret Placentra Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Quest Books
Release Date : 2012-09-25
Faith Beyond Belief written by Margaret Placentra Johnston and has been published by Quest Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Religion categories.
Faith Beyond Belief gives a much-needed voice to the “good” people who have left their church but whose spirituality continues to mature. Johnston uses first-person stories as well as known spiritual authorities in describing various stages of religious growth. Some of these real-life accounts are by nonbelievers; others are by those among the growing numbers of the “spiritual but not religious.” All are thoughtful people with too much integrity to live what they consider a lie. The stories of the nonbelievers-including an ex-Catholic, a former Mormon, and a clandestine Muslim apostate who left his community after the attacks of 9/11-show how complete confidence in human reason can lead away from literal religious interpretation. But, while that step is a necessary one on the spiritual path, it is only intermediate. Her second set of stories are of people at the “mystic” level who can tolerate paradox and see truth and reality as multidimensional. Johnston’s book will help doubters to see things in a new light as well as those who are struggling to clarify their own spiritual vision. It also points beyond the atheist/believer controversy wrecking such divisive havoc in our culture today.
Faith No More
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Author : Phil Zuckerman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Faith No More written by Phil Zuckerman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Religion categories.
During his 2009 inaugural speech, President Obama described the United States as a nation of "Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus--and nonbelievers." It was the first time an American president had acknowledged the existence of this rapidly growing segment of the population in such a public forum. And yet the reasons why more and more people are turning away from religion are still poorly understood. In Faith No More, Phil Zuckerman draws on in-depth interviews with people who have left religion to find out what's really behind the process of losing one's faith. According to a 2008 study, so many Americans claim no religion (15%, up from 8% in 1990) that this category now outranks every other religious group except Catholics and Baptists. Exploring the deeper stories within such survey data, Zuckerman shows that leaving one's faith is a highly personal, complex, and drawn-out process. And he finds that, rather than the cliché of the angry, nihilistic atheist, apostates are life-affirming, courageous, highly intelligent and inquisitive, and deeply moral. Zuckerman predicts that this trend toward nonbelief will likely continue and argues that the sooner we recognize that religion is frequently and freely rejected by all sorts of men and women, the sooner our understanding of the human condition will improve. The first book of its kind, Faith No More will appeal to anyone interested in the "New Atheism" and indeed to anyone wishing to more fully understand our changing relationship to religious faith.