Sex, Mom, and God by Frank Schaeffer

Sex, Mom, and God by Frank Schaeffer

From the author of "Crazy for God and Patience with God", this is the third book in Frank Schaeffer's one-of-a-kind trilogy about God, religion, growing up evangelical - and living the life that came after. With laugh-out-loud scenes from his childhood and youth and acidic ruminations on the present state of an America he and his fundamentalist parents help create, Frank Schaeffer asks what the Becks and the Limbaughs and the Palins and the paranoid fantasies of the 'right-wing echo chamber' are really all about. Here's a hint: sex. The author's far-from-prudish evangelical mother sweetly but bizarrely provides startling (and hilarious) juxtapositions of the religious and the sensual during his childhood and youth. As the author himself explains: 'I'm a novelist and storyteller. So my way of telling the Big Story of what the religious right did to America is to fold it into the individual story of my life. I do this for two reasons: first, it's (I hope) entertaining and provides insight into the evangelical right-wing mindset. Second, it so happens that my father and mother (Francis and Edith Schaeffer) and I became leaders in the far religious-right movement and so had a big impact on America. My story is a window into millions of similar lives but also the (somewhat scandalous and controversial) story of one life and family that touched millions of others. 'Dip into my life and learn why certain folks have a perpetual chip on their shoulder over imagined grievances to the point where they hate their (own democratically) elected government and-curiously, in the name of 'patriotism' - are thoroughly anti-American. Hang out with the Schaeffer clan for a bit and discover why the religious right is rooting for the Apocalypse while also regarding themselves as victims of the liberal elite and all the while mired in perpetual sexual dysfunction and weirdness that creates a self-loathing culture that lashes out at the rest of us. And they do it all in the Name of Jesus.

Frank Schaeffer is the author of the New York Times bestseller Keeping Faith and the memoir Crazy for God. His novels, including Portofino, have been translated into nine languages. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and NPR's Fresh Air, and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and AlterNet. He and his wife, Genie, live in Massachusetts and have three children.

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ISBN 13	9780306819285
ISBN 10	0306819287
Title	Sex, Mom, and God
Author	Frank Schaeffer
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hachette Books
Year published	2011-05-31
Number of pages	320
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