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Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith
April Ajoy
4.46 AVERAGE
344 reviews for:
Star-Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith
April Ajoy
4.46 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
funny
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informative
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
inspiring
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I loved this book. I think it should be required reading for everyone living in the United States.
reflective
medium-paced
I'd recommend this book for:
a. people wondering how it is possible to be a Christian Nationalist
b. people wondering how someone can stop adhering to Christian Nationalism more broadly, and more specifically, how someone can change from being an ardent supporter of Christian Nationalism to a supporter of progressive politics
c. people wondering how someone can do so while continuing to believe in Christianity
d. people looking at their own politics and how it relates to their religious beliefs, whatever those are
e. people looking for an actual human's experience, not just theory
a. people wondering how it is possible to be a Christian Nationalist
b. people wondering how someone can stop adhering to Christian Nationalism more broadly, and more specifically, how someone can change from being an ardent supporter of Christian Nationalism to a supporter of progressive politics
c. people wondering how someone can do so while continuing to believe in Christianity
d. people looking at their own politics and how it relates to their religious beliefs, whatever those are
e. people looking for an actual human's experience, not just theory
I listen to April on The New Evangelicals podcast and I always enjoy her takes, so when I heard she wrote a book, I had to read it!
This book explores MANY topics very well. It’s written like she’s just having a conversation with the reader- at points a goofy, straight-forward, quite funny conversation. As infuriated as I am by the state of American, I appreciated this book and felt slight hopefulness that there are people out there who found themselves in the thick of Christian nationalism and “woke up.”
I’ve already been recommending this (tiptoeing around my evangelical friends & family) but still hoping any of my own talking points or recs will shine through someday. Highly recommend.
This book explores MANY topics very well. It’s written like she’s just having a conversation with the reader- at points a goofy, straight-forward, quite funny conversation. As infuriated as I am by the state of American, I appreciated this book and felt slight hopefulness that there are people out there who found themselves in the thick of Christian nationalism and “woke up.”
I’ve already been recommending this (tiptoeing around my evangelical friends & family) but still hoping any of my own talking points or recs will shine through someday. Highly recommend.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
as someone who faced some of the same challenges growing up as ajoy did, this book was a nice read. much of ajoy’s politics now seem less left-leaning than i ended up, and i don’t agree on her conclusions for a couple of minor points in this memoir, but this book remains an incredible work that opens up the issue of the pipeline into unknowingly becoming a christian nationalist. i’ve already recommended it to a couple of my family members. i think it will bring them some comfort and give them space to question where they stand without feeling so alone or left-behind.
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
For all who are questioning - wondering what to make of the fraught relationship between Christianity and American culture these days, join April as she invites the reader along on her engaging personal journey. Star Spangled Jesus is infused with warmth, empathy, and April’s characteristic wit as she shares how she slowly realized that a love for Jesus wasn’t the only thing the religion of her childhood instilled in her.
As April moves from absolute certainty to embracing questioning while seeking to make the world make sense, she begins to realize that her faith and her heart are being enlarged as she works her way through the carefully cloistered ideological underpinnings, absent any nuance, that had bound her intellect and her faith.
Many of us raised in church we no longer recognize will relate to April’s journey and doubtless experience some ah-ha moments.
This book it not stuffy in the slightest and you should definitely read it!
As April moves from absolute certainty to embracing questioning while seeking to make the world make sense, she begins to realize that her faith and her heart are being enlarged as she works her way through the carefully cloistered ideological underpinnings, absent any nuance, that had bound her intellect and her faith.
Many of us raised in church we no longer recognize will relate to April’s journey and doubtless experience some ah-ha moments.
This book it not stuffy in the slightest and you should definitely read it!
fast-paced