Author: Henry Rambow
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387955780
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
As a National Merit Scholar majoring in physics at Rice University, Henry Rambow thought he was a rational person. But primed by years of Sunday School and haunted by a promise made as a terrified child, he nevertheless fell head over heels into a fundamentalist brand of Christianity. Confessions of a Rogue Missionary is an account of his struggle--and eventual failure--to reconcile his faith with reason. At times dryly humorous and at times sober and contemplative, the story begins when Henry is "born again." Brimming with zeal--but already plagued by doubt--he travels to Beijing as a missionary in the guise of an English teacher, where he tries desperately to embrace the culture and win disciples for Jesus. Culture clashes and miscommunications result in cringe-inducing encounters in unlikely settings, ranging from a brothel to a military base. Eventually, the very questions that troubled him from the start prove to be too much, and his faith collapses entirely, leaving him feeling disillusioned--but free.
Confessions of a Rogue Missionary
Author: Henry Rambow
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387955780
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
As a National Merit Scholar majoring in physics at Rice University, Henry Rambow thought he was a rational person. But primed by years of Sunday School and haunted by a promise made as a terrified child, he nevertheless fell head over heels into a fundamentalist brand of Christianity. Confessions of a Rogue Missionary is an account of his struggle--and eventual failure--to reconcile his faith with reason. At times dryly humorous and at times sober and contemplative, the story begins when Henry is "born again." Brimming with zeal--but already plagued by doubt--he travels to Beijing as a missionary in the guise of an English teacher, where he tries desperately to embrace the culture and win disciples for Jesus. Culture clashes and miscommunications result in cringe-inducing encounters in unlikely settings, ranging from a brothel to a military base. Eventually, the very questions that troubled him from the start prove to be too much, and his faith collapses entirely, leaving him feeling disillusioned--but free.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387955780
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
As a National Merit Scholar majoring in physics at Rice University, Henry Rambow thought he was a rational person. But primed by years of Sunday School and haunted by a promise made as a terrified child, he nevertheless fell head over heels into a fundamentalist brand of Christianity. Confessions of a Rogue Missionary is an account of his struggle--and eventual failure--to reconcile his faith with reason. At times dryly humorous and at times sober and contemplative, the story begins when Henry is "born again." Brimming with zeal--but already plagued by doubt--he travels to Beijing as a missionary in the guise of an English teacher, where he tries desperately to embrace the culture and win disciples for Jesus. Culture clashes and miscommunications result in cringe-inducing encounters in unlikely settings, ranging from a brothel to a military base. Eventually, the very questions that troubled him from the start prove to be too much, and his faith collapses entirely, leaving him feeling disillusioned--but free.
Thompson in Africa: or, An account of the missionary labors, sufferings, travels, and observations, of George Thompson, in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission. Second edition
Author: George THOMPSON (Missionary)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Thompson in Africa: Or, An Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations, of George Thompson, in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission
Author: George Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Thompson in Africa, Or, An Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, Observations, &c
The Missionary Herald: For the year 1826
Author: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Augustine Laure, S. J., Missionary to the Yakimas
Author: Victor Garrand
Publisher: Ye Galleon Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher: Ye Galleon Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Confessions of a Memory Eater
Author: Pagan Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"Once a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a cross roads in his career (and his marriage) when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov, a wild but brilliant outlaw he knew in grad school at Columbia. Litminov has made millions since, and has bought a pharmaceutical company solely to develop Mem, an experimental drug that gives the user the ability to live inside his memories with crystal clarity. Duncan becomes a beta tester and loses himself to the most delicious moments of his past - until he finds that the present pales by comparison."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"Once a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a cross roads in his career (and his marriage) when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov, a wild but brilliant outlaw he knew in grad school at Columbia. Litminov has made millions since, and has bought a pharmaceutical company solely to develop Mem, an experimental drug that gives the user the ability to live inside his memories with crystal clarity. Duncan becomes a beta tester and loses himself to the most delicious moments of his past - until he finds that the present pales by comparison."--BOOK JACKET.
The Confessions of Jotham Simiyu
Author: Harold Lowther Beaver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenyan fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenyan fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Confessions Of Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Blas
Author: Charles James Lever
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
'Confessions Of Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Blas' is an adventure-humor novel written by Charles James Lever. It revolves around a young man named Con Cregan, who when he was 15, decided to leave his house and sets out on 12-year-long adventure that brought him away from his hometown of Dublin, all the way to places like Canada and Spain.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
'Confessions Of Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Blas' is an adventure-humor novel written by Charles James Lever. It revolves around a young man named Con Cregan, who when he was 15, decided to leave his house and sets out on 12-year-long adventure that brought him away from his hometown of Dublin, all the way to places like Canada and Spain.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)