| Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess Contributor(s): Turner, Matthew Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400074711 ISBN-13: 9781400074716 Publisher: Waterbrook Press OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: "Churched" is the compelling narrative of life inside the walls of the local church building, chronicling what it means to "be" churched--relevant to any and all who are familiar with the evangelical culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008023783 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.56" W x 8.24" (0.77 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it. In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing-sometimes cringe-worthy-and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be "of the devil." "churched "is a collection of stories that detail an American boy's experiences growing up in a culture where men weren't allowed let their hair grow to touch their ears ("an abomination "), women wouldn't have been caught dead in a pair of pants (unless swimming), and the pastor couldn't preach a sermon without a healthy dose of hellfire and brimstone. Matthew grapples with the absurdity of a Sunday School Barbie burning, the passionate annual boxing match between the pastor and Satan, and the holiness of being baptized a fifth time-while growing into a young man who, amidst the chaotic mess of religion, falls in love with Jesus. |