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A review by caseythereader
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Thanks to Macmillan for the free copy of this book.
- THE EXVANGELICALS is part research, part personal reckoning. I’ve read a few books about the rise and impact of evangelical culture, and this one brings in more voices and personal experiences than most others.
- McCammon guides us through each stage of her life, giving her story alongside others who had both similar and dissimilar experiences to her.
- One thing I found most enlightening in this book was McCammon’s insistence that growing up evangelical often wasn’t just a simply a specific way of life, but a traumatic experience. I grew up churchgoing but not evangelical - that culture was unfolding parallel to my experiences in the ‘90s, and this book has helped me to grasp what it was like on the inside on an individual level.
- THE EXVANGELICALS is part research, part personal reckoning. I’ve read a few books about the rise and impact of evangelical culture, and this one brings in more voices and personal experiences than most others.
- McCammon guides us through each stage of her life, giving her story alongside others who had both similar and dissimilar experiences to her.
- One thing I found most enlightening in this book was McCammon’s insistence that growing up evangelical often wasn’t just a simply a specific way of life, but a traumatic experience. I grew up churchgoing but not evangelical - that culture was unfolding parallel to my experiences in the ‘90s, and this book has helped me to grasp what it was like on the inside on an individual level.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment
Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, and Abortion
Minor: Medical content