Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith
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At a time when the distance between church and state is narrowing and the teaching of intelligent design is being proposed for our classrooms, it is startling and provocative to hear the reasoned voice of a dissident from inside the church. For Carlene Cross, arriving at this shift in belief was a long and torturous journey. In Fleeing Fundamentalism, Cross looks back at the life that led her to marry a charismatic young man who appeared destined for greatness as a minister within the fundamentalist church. Their marriage, which began with great hope and promise, started to crumble when she realized that her husband had fallen victim to the same demons that had plagued his youth. When efforts to hold their family together failed, she left the church and the marriage, despite the condemnation of the congregation and the anger of many she had considered friends. Once outside, she realized that the secular world was not the seething cauldron of corruption and sin she had believed, and found herself questioning the underpinnings of the fundamentalist faith. Here is an eloquent and compelling story of faith lost and regained. Certain to be controversial, it is also a brave and hopeful plea for greater tolerance and understanding. Carlene Cross lives in Seattle, where she has worked as a college counselor and a producer for public television. She is the author of a previous work of nonfiction entitled The Undying West: A Chronicle of Montana's Camas Prairie. "The religion depicted in this absorbing memoir of falsehood and betrayal is fundamentalism gone berserk: it has turned into an inhuman, apocalyptic, darkly controlling force that reshuffles common sense. . . . Cross's heartfelt condemnation of public hypocrisy couldn't be more timely." -Publishers Weekly
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Cross, C. (2013). Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cross, Carlene. 2013. Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cross, Carlene, Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith. [United States], Algonquin Books, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cross, Carlene. Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister's Wife Examines Faith. [United States], Algonquin Books, 2013.
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