As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

A memoir about religion or spirituality
Read an autobiography, memoir, or biography about religion or spirituality. This is flexible and you can define it as you think appropriate.
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The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans by Denise Alvarado

The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans

Denise Alvarado

7 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar

The White Mosque

Sofia Samatar

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir religion emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon

8 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult by Lilia Tarawa

Daughter of Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious Cult

Lilia Tarawa

261 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore

All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Beth Moore

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Jenna Miscavige Hill

416 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion dark emotional informative medium-paced
The Story of Buddha: A Graphic Biography by Hisashi Ōta

The Story of Buddha: A Graphic Biography

Hisashi Ōta

235 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography religion informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II

George Weigel

1056 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography religion dark slow-paced