Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church - Softcover

Yancey, Philip

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9780385504423: Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church

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ISBN 10: 038550442X ISBN 13: 9780385504423

Verlag: Bantam Books of Canada Ltd, 2001

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y, whose explorations of faith have made him a guide for millions of readers, feels no need to defend the church. "When someone tells me yet another horror story about the church, I respond, 'Oh, it's even worse than that. Let me tell you my story.'I have spent most of my life in recovery from the church."

Yancey acknowledges that many spiritual seekers find few answers and little solace in the institutional church. "I have met many people, and heard from many more, who have gone through a similar process of mining truth from their religious past: Roman Catholics who flinch whenever they see a nun or priest, former Seventh Day Adventists who cannot drink a cup of coffee without a stab of guilt, Mennonites who worry whether wedding rings give evidence of worldliness."

How did Yancey manage to survive spiritually despite early encounters with a racist, legalistic church that he now views as almost cultic? In this, his most soul-searching book yet, he pro

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Philip Yancey has written sixteen books, including the bestsellers Reaching for the Invisible God, What’s So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. His works have sold over five million copies and have garnered many prizes, including Christianity Today Book of the Year and two ECPA Book of the Year Awards. He lives in Colorado with his wife, Janet.

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