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    A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth
    A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth
    A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth
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    A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth

    By Tim O'Donnell

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    Engages with the taboo questions of Christianity as investigative reportage, exploring the "mysteries of faith". Is America becoming preoccupied with religion? In a country with a tradition of keeping matters of creed private, we are now seeing religion in the headlines almost daily, while ironically, escalating numbers of Americans are abandoning organized religion altogether. A recent Pew survey of Americans show: 91% believe in God, 44% have switched religions, 71% of 18-30 year-olds are “spiritual but not religious-and the Catholic Church estimates at least one third of Catholics are lapsed. We are a nation under God, a country of believers it seems, but one undergoing a collective shift in our allegiance to organized religion. But, before the individual shifts they are aided by looking at what they were taught to believe in the first place. A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth investigates the mysteries of faith in a no-holds-barred expose into the very core of the Christianity. Candid, humorous and controversial, Tim O’Donnell takes us on a powerful search for balance – between faith and personal experience, between the roots of Christianity and layers of doctrine and between ritual and the connection to the entity we call God. A View from the Back Pew is not written for theologians or the so-called spiritual illuminati, but for ordinary people who are asking deeper questions about their faith. Before one can venture from the safe harbor of organized religion to the open water of spirituality, it helps to be clear about what causes our quandary. This book helps deal with the imprint religion has made while leaving out the guilt commonly linked to asking such questions. “My hope-writes O’Donnell “is that if you are drawn to the Divine but labor over dogma and ritual, you will find a fresh perspective in my view from the back pew'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinchpin Publishing
    Release dateMar 4, 2015
    ISBN9780984534401
    A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth

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      Upon reviewing this book, I gave it much debate about whether I truly, truly would read through this entire book. In the end, I gave in, because EVERY book, EVERY author, deserves a chance to have there book read. I had heard both good and bad things about O'Donnell's book. Some loved it, others disliked it. Where do I fall in my thinking after reading this book? I fall somewhere in the middle, honestly. I am a Christian with my own beliefs and, like I wouldn't want to be judged on what I believe, I can not judge O'Donnell on his beliefs and questions. Does this mean I agree with him when he makes questions about what is God and what is Christianity, and the like? I neither agree nor disagree because, quite frankly, those are HIS opinions and questions. Now, all of that being said, did I find in the end that I liked this book? Well, I give it 3 stars. O'Donnell created a book based on his questions, on his beliefs, and turned out a product that someone who may have similar questions, will benefit from. While this book was not for me, I did enjoy finding out about a new author(who, by the way, DID add humorous events to the book!) and encourage those who have question to give O'Donnell's book a try.

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