Summary of Rosaria Butterfield's The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was 36 years old when I met Jesus Christ. I was an associate professor at Syracuse University, tenured in the English Department, and held a joint teaching appointment in the Center for Women’s Studies. I was in a lesbian relationship with a woman who was primarily an animal activist and a nature lover.
#2 I was a professor of English studies, and my field was 19th century literature and culture. I was a director of undergraduate studies, and I enjoyed advising and organizing our curriculum. I felt like an imposter, but I didn’t look like one.
#3 I missed being in the company of risky and complex thinkers, people who were invested in my culture and who challenged me to think to the edges of my comfort zones. I was an out lesbian in the same way that I am now a Christian wife.
#4 I was always afraid of Christians, because they seemed anti-intellectual and unsafe. I was also afraid of being wrong, because I knew that if I was, I would learn from it and grow.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Jesus
• Jesús de Nazaret
• Jésus de Nazareth
• General
• Religion
• General officer
• Philosophie et théologie
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 25 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822549029
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Rosaria Butterfield's The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was 36 years old when I met Jesus Christ. I was an associate professor at Syracuse University, tenured in the English Department, and held a joint teaching appointment in the Center for Women’s Studies. I was in a lesbian relationship with a woman who was primarily an animal activist and a nature lover.

#2

I was a professor of English studies, and my field was 19th century literature and culture. I was a director of undergraduate studies, and I enjoyed advising and organizing our curriculum. I felt like an imposter, but I didn’t look like one.

#3

I missed being in the company of risky and complex thinkers, people who were invested in my culture and who challenged me to think to the edges of my comfort zones. I was an out lesbian in the same way that I am now a Christian wife.

#4

I was always afraid of Christians, because they seemed anti-intellectual and unsafe. I was also afraid of being wrong, because I knew that if I was, I would learn from it and grow.

#5

I began to wonder what the core of Christianity was, and why true believers believed. I wanted to understand the Bible on my own, but I didn’t know Hebrew or Greek, or the relationship between the different fields of theology and different applications of doctrine.

#6

I received a letter from Pastor Ken Smith, then-pastor of the Syracuse Reformed Presbyterian Church, who asked me to explore and defend the presuppositions that undergirded my article. I had never thought about these questions before, and they made me confront my worldview-divide.

#7

I was excited to meet a real born again Christian and find out why he believed such silly ideas. I assumed that this dinner was another aspect of my research. I was nervous and excited at the same time.

#8

I had never met anyone who prayed to God like Ken did, and I was completely taken aback by how real and honest his prayer was. I was also shocked by how much Ken and Floy didn’t fit the typical Christian stereotype.

#9

I met with Ken and Floy, and over the course of two years, I opened up to them about who I was and what I valued. I invited them into my home and into my world. They made themselves safe enough for me to do this.

#10

I had begun to study the Bible with Ken and Floy, and I was beginning to enjoy the conversations. But I was also starting to wonder if I was losing myself. Was I losing my mind.

#11

I became friends with Ken and Floy, and I thought they were both safe and dangerous. I felt like I had finally arrived as a liberal, having friends who were so different from me.