A riveting memoir of one woman's immersion into fundamentalist faith, and her decision twenty years later to leave it all behind. Beautifully written and powerfully told, this memoir is a fascinating look at the nature of faith, and the inspiring story of one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. Originally published as This Dark World, this book has been adapted into the screenplay Higher Ground, now a film directed by and starring Vera Farmiga. Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa Heartland. Pregnant at seventeen and married to her musician boyfriend, by the age of eighteen she found herself with little hope for the future. Until an unexpected encounter with the Divine. Soon she had immersed herself into a close-knit and patriarchal New Testament church. But as Carolyn began to realize that her religion left little room for what she wanted out of life-as a mother, as a wife, as an intellectually curious woman-cracks began to appear in her all-encompassing sense of faith, and slowly she began to question the religion that had given her hope.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN-13
9781442214385
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110585282
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Higher Ground: a Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Zoology
Type
Textbook
Author
Carolyn S. Briggs
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
218 mm
Item Weight
408 g
Item Width
142 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title_Author
Carolyn S. Briggs
LeafCats
2228
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Topic
Christianity
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