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Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore

  • ISBN-13: 9780879756895
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: PROMETHEUS
  • By Skipp Porteous
  • Price: AUD $62.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 30/11/1991
  • Format: Hardback 313 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biography: general [BG]
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This autobiographical tale is the author's account of his trip to, through, and away from religious fundamentalism. Porteous writes in a chatty style, which will win no awards, but he manages to keep the reader's interest. His story is rather unremarkable - that of a person whose weak character is helped by fundamentalism which later holds him back when he grows beyond the religion's boundaries. He moves on to secular humanism and takes a public stance against his old allies. Porteous is now a strong defender of the First Amendment and of the separation of church and state. His book is an important one, if only because it reflects a common intellectual journey with contemporary relevance.
Skipp Porteous was formerly a fundamentalist minister, and then the founder of the Institute of First Amendment Rights, publisher of Freedom Writer magazine, and the author of five books. He was credited by the FBI as solving the only hijacking in US history to go without arrest by confirming the identity of D.B Cooper in his book Into the Blast. He was also the founder of Private Investigations in New York City, where he worked with high profile clients and multiple government agencies.
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