rachel held evans evolving in monkey town

So begins Eichenwald’s recent cover story for Newsweek, “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin,” which the author claims is meant to enlighten readers about the true nature and content of the Bible, but which almost certainly alienates the very people it aims to persuade by caricaturing and mocking them in the opening paragraphs. “They fall on their knees, worshipping at the base of granite monuments to the Ten Commandments…They are God’s frauds, cafeteria Christians who pick and choose which Bible verses they heed with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.” No not everyone is going to agree with everything Evans has to say but it is worth hearing.“They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians. We are beginning to understand that Christianity is about having Child-like faith to the fullest and we are beginning to ask questions about our faith like children. My generation, this generation is doing this we are breaking down the walls. I loved her bit in the book about how some believe you can’t be a Christian and vote Democrat, or believe in evolution, or have questions about the Bible, or be a feminist, or smoke and drink, or read the New York Times, or get depressed, or doubt. Asking the questions we really need to and should have been asking and growing in our faith from them. But I believe she has shed a light on the true heart of the matter. After reading the book, I can see where certain people would believe her to have “lost” her faith. She questions the fundamentals to understand why.

Our views of the Bible, God, the economy, “Biblical Worldview”, politics and the World. I feel Evans has truly captured the generation of Christians coming up, 20-30’s.

Why does she believe certain things? Why do we hold true to certain verses and generalize others? This book is her journey from certainty to taking a leap on faith. (Except she didn’t believe dogs went to heaven, only bullfrogs and butterflies) Towards the end of her college experience something happens, she begins to question her faith. Real people are becoming as fascinating as fiction, if not more so.Įvans grew up in Alabama and Tennessee, a Christian home and had a fairly normal childhood. I have recently been reading memoirs and biographies. After finishing the book I was reading I picked up hers. So, a while back I won 5 books from Zondervan through a contest held by the author of Evolving in Monkey Town, Mrs.

Rachel held evans evolving in monkey town