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Not God's Type: An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms Hardcover – October 7, 2014
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Dr. Holly Ordway is the chair of the Department of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University. She holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst; her academic work focuses on imagination and literature in apologetics, with special attention to the work of CS Lewis and Charles Williams.
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Dr. Holly Ordway is Professor of English and director of the M.A. in Cultural Apologetics at Houston Baptist University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an MA in English from UNC Chapel Hill, and an MA in apologetics from Biola University. Her work focuses on imaginative and literary apologetics, with special attention to C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams. She is also a published poet, and considers a really good cup of coffee to be one of life's great pleasures.
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on September 28, 2014
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'Not God's Type' is not your typical autobiography. It's more than an author telling her story; it's the author presenting The Story that became hers. This memoir is not so much about her as about the Joy that surprised her. She records her journey not merely for her own sake but so that others might benefit from the source of her inspiration. Because of the author's generosity and transparency, her book is a true gift to her readers: an insightful, inviting, and rollicking presentation of the alarming yet jovial significance of the cosmos... and our daily lives.
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on October 8, 2014
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In this excellent publication of 'Not God's Type' from Ignatius Press, Dr. Ordway takes her readers on the unexpected, personal journey of her conversion from atheism to Christianity, and then into the Catholic Church. The writing is bright and engaging as she leads us through each step that brought her closer, and still closer, to the truth she didn't even know she was seeking. Her analysis of her unlikely experiences is thoughtful and inspiring. It answers, gently and through her own searching, many legitimate questions that atheists assert. Even lifelong believers will find a treasure here in understanding and explaining their own faith better, from one who questioned it (hard!) and found The Story to be true. What strikes me most about her experience is her courage; she faced facts and worked to understand them, and when she was convinced by them, she acted. And she did it more than once! Ordway proves that the Christian life rarely lets us stand still. She gives thinkers of all stripes something to ponder, in a beautiful volume from Ignatius that you won't be able to put down. I hope this finds its way into the hands of everyone who seeks, and I recommend it for any Christian library.
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on October 5, 2014
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Every word of this story rang with truth. The author described her journey so clearly that it was possible to travel with her, understand her point of view, and even experience the joy she felt when she finally recognized that God was real. This is despite the fact that I'd never been where she had, having always believed in God.
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on October 7, 2014
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I am an atheist. I was interested in this book until I read the reviews and it said she became a Catholic.
“The Catholic Church is an organization that excommunicates women for attempting to become priests but does not excommunicate male priests for raping children. It excommunicates doctors who perform abortions to save a mother’s life—even if the mother is a nine-year-old girl raped by her stepfather and pregnant with twins—but it did not excommunicate a single member of the Third Reich for committing genocide."
How could any moral, intelligent person join that organization?
I have not read this book, I still might.
“The Catholic Church is an organization that excommunicates women for attempting to become priests but does not excommunicate male priests for raping children. It excommunicates doctors who perform abortions to save a mother’s life—even if the mother is a nine-year-old girl raped by her stepfather and pregnant with twins—but it did not excommunicate a single member of the Third Reich for committing genocide."
How could any moral, intelligent person join that organization?
I have not read this book, I still might.
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