Girl Meets God by Lauren F Winner
Like most of us, Lauren Winner wants something to believe in. The child of a reform Jewish father and a lapsed Southern Baptist mother, she chose to become an Orthodox Jew. But as she faithfully observes the Sabbath rituals and studies Jewish laws, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Christianity. Taking a courageous step, she leaves behind what she loves and converts. Now the even harder part: How does one reinvent a religious self? How does one embrace the new without abandoning the old? How does a convert become spiritually whole.In Girl Meets God, this appealingly honest young woman takes us through a year in her search for a religious identity. Despite her conversion, she finds that her world is still shaped by her Jewish experiences. Even as she rejoices in the holy days of the Christian calendar, she mourns the Jewish rituals she still holds dear. Attempting to reconcile the two sides of her religious self, Winner applies the lessons of Judaism to the teachings of the New Testament, hosts a Christian seder, and struggles to fit her Orthodox friends into her new religious life.
Ultimately she learns that faith takes practice and belief is an ongoing challenge. Like Anne Lamott's, Winner's journey to Christendom is bumpy, but it is the rocky path itself that makes her a perfect guide to exploring spirituality in today's complicated world. Her engaging approach to religion in the twenty-first century is illuminating, thought-provoking, and most certainly controversial.
Lauren F. Winner is the bestselling author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Discipline, among other works. Dr. Winning has been on PBS' Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and NPR's All Things Considered as a pundit. She is a prolific writer and lecturer on Christian practice, Christian America's history, and Jewish-Christian ties. She teaches Christian Spirituality as an Assistant Professor at Duke Divinity School.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781565123090 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565123093 |
| Title | Girl Meets God |
| Author | Lauren F Winner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
| Year published | 2002-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 303 |
| Prizes | Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Religion) 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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