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Soul Survivor

How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church

How My Faith Survived the Church

How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church

By Philip Yancey

By Philip Yancey

By Philip Yancey

By Philip Yancey

By Philip Yancey
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By Philip Yancey
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Oct 21, 2003 | ISBN 9781578568185

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Jan 29, 2002 | ISBN 9780385504966

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Sep 18, 2001 | 303 Minutes

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    About Soul Survivor

    One of America’s leading Christian thinkers interweaves the story of his own struggle to reclaim his beliefs with inspiring portraits of people who have succeeded in the pursuit of an authentic faith. 

    In Soul Survivor, Philip Yancey charts his spiritual pilgrimage through the influence of key individuals: “These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways, they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers.”

    Yancey interweaves his own journey with fascinating stories of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing rather than a life-constricting faith: Dr. Paul Brand, G. K. Chesterton, Annie Dillard, Frederick Buechner, C. Everett Koop, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henri Nouwen, John Donne, Mahatma Gandi, Shusaku Endo, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert COles.

    Readers will find these inspiring portraits both nurture and challenge for their own understanding of authentic faith. Yancey fans will devour these new glimpses of how he has held onto faith while acknowledging with utter honesty its inherent difficulties. New Yancey readers will be drawn in by the theme of faith versus religion and drawn along a compelling narrative of signposts on a spiritual journey.

    Soul Survivor offers illuminating and critically important insights into true Christianity, which will enrich the lives of veteran believers and cautious seekers alike.

    About Soul Survivor

    One of America’s leading Christian thinkers interweaves the story of his own struggle to reclaim his beliefs with inspiring portraits of people who have succeeded in the pursuit of an authentic faith. 

    In Soul Survivor, Philip Yancey charts his spiritual pilgrimage through the influence of key individuals: “These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways, they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers.”

    Yancey interweaves his own journey with fascinating stories of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing rather than a life-constricting faith: Dr. Paul Brand, G. K. Chesterton, Annie Dillard, Frederick Buechner, C. Everett Koop, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Henri Nouwen, John Donne, Mahatma Gandi, Shusaku Endo, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert COles.

    Readers will find these inspiring portraits both nurture and challenge for their own understanding of authentic faith. Yancey fans will devour these new glimpses of how he has held onto faith while acknowledging with utter honesty its inherent difficulties. New Yancey readers will be drawn in by the theme of faith versus religion and drawn along a compelling narrative of signposts on a spiritual journey.

    Soul Survivor offers illuminating and critically important insights into true Christianity, which will enrich the lives of veteran believers and cautious seekers alike.

    About Soul Survivor

    Philip Yancey, whose explorations of faith have made him a guide for millions of readers, feels no need to defend the church. “When someone tells me yet another horror story about the church, I respond, ‘Oh, it’s even worse than that. Let me tell you my story.’I have spent most of my life in recovery from the church.”

    Yancey acknowledges that many spiritual seekers find few answers and little solace in the institutional church. “I have met many people, and heard from many more, who have gone through a similar process of mining truth from their religious past: Roman Catholics who flinch whenever they see a nun or priest, former Seventh Day Adventists who cannot drink a cup of coffee without a stab of guilt, Mennonites who worry whether wedding rings give evidence of worldliness.”

    How did Yancey manage to survive spiritually despite early encounters with a racist, legalistic church that he now views as almost cultic? In this, his most soul-searching book yet, he probes that very question. He tells the story of his own struggle to reclaim belief, interwoven with inspiring portraits of notable people from all walks of life, whom he calls his spiritual directors. Soul Survivor is his tribute to thirteen remarkable individuals, mentors who transformed his life and work.

    Besides recalling their effect on him, Yancey also provides fresh glimpses of the lives and faith journeys of each one. From the scatterbrained journalist G. K. Chesterton to the tortured novelists Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, to contemporaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Annie Dillard, Shusaku Endo, and Robert Coles, Yancey gives inspiring portraits of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing rather than a life-constricting faith.

    “I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out and reclaim words used and misused by the Christians of my youth,” Yancey says. “These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers.”

    Soul Survivor offers illuminating insights that will enrich the lives of veteran believers and cautious seekers alike. Yancey’s own story, unveiled here as never before, is a beacon for those who seek to rejuvenate their faith, and for those who are still longing for something to have faith in.

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    About Philip Yancey

    Philip Yancey is the author of twenty-five books, including The Jesus I Never Knew, What’s So Amazing About Grace?, and Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church. Yancey’s books have garnered thirteen Gold Medallion Book Awards from Christian publishers and… More about Philip Yancey

    About Philip Yancey

    Philip Yancey is the author of twenty-five books, including The Jesus I Never Knew, What’s So Amazing About Grace?, and Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church. Yancey’s books have garnered thirteen Gold Medallion Book Awards from Christian publishers and… More about Philip Yancey

    About Philip Yancey

    Philip Yancey is the author of twenty-five books, including The Jesus I Never Knew, What’s So Amazing About Grace?, and Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church. Yancey’s books have garnered thirteen Gold Medallion Book Awards from Christian publishers and… More about Philip Yancey

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Religion

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by WaterBrook
    Oct 21, 2003 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781578568185

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Religion

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Image
    Jan 29, 2002 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780385504966

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Religion | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 18, 2001 | 303 Minutes | ISBN 9780553754025

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    “It would seem the height of immodesty to praise a book that devotes an entire chapter to praising me. Let me therefore merely recommend it to anyone interested in a relaxed and conversational account of how an assortment of odd fish were variously caught up in and transformed by the Christian Gospel.”
    —Frederick Buechner, author of The Sacred Journey, The Hungering Dark and The Eyes of the Heart.

    “I love, and am grateful for, every marvelous book Mr. Yancey writes.”
    —Anne Lamott

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