A review by corinth113
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans

5.0

As a former Christian/current agnostic, I can say I was truly moved by this book. A lot of my heartbreak over losing my belief stemmed from not being able to reconcile my struggles with the doctrine and rules I grew up with the God I believed in and my growing progressive values. I also struggled with a lot of the same things she talks about in the Bible. This book gave me a greater sense of what I'd always felt like I was missing in Christianity and why I left, while making it seem possible for those who are still believers to be the kinds of people I wish I had encountered more during my own time as a Christian (or even now, honestly). I highly recommend this book for anyone who has had doubts as a believer, for former believers who are surrounded by religious people with what feel like hurtful beliefs, and for current maybe more fundamentalist Christians who want to understand why so many people are becoming "exvangelical."