Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Conver..., Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Conver..., Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
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Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith

Author: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

Narrator: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2013


Synopsis

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world. In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. Then, in her late 30's, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down--the idea that Christianity, a religion she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was. That idea seemed to fly in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a train wreck at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirk on July 12, 2012

I try to be fairly judicious with my five-star ratings, but this little autobiographical sketch of one woman's journey from her place in life as a lesbian, radical-feminist English professor to a stay-at-home-Psalm-singing-homeschooling-foster-mom-pastor's wife earned every bit of the five stars. Wh......more

Goodreads review by Amy on September 26, 2013

This started out so strong; I was sure I was going to love it. But after the account of her background and her conversion, I ended up disappointed. I felt like she made the leap from "former lesbian feminist professor, reluctant/resentful convert" to "homeschooling pastor's wife" too quickly in the......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on March 02, 2013

Gosh, what a book.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on October 15, 2013

This book has a lot going for it. The first half was why I read it, and the second half is why I gave it only three stars. If the book were only her conversion experience, it would be one of the best books on the subject of dying to self and receiving new life in Jesus one could hope to come across.......more

Goodreads review by Banner on September 21, 2012

After reading such an amazing book, wherein the author articulates her thoughts with such a command of language;  I want to give a thought provoking review that at least  makes a pretense to simulate  the authors work.  But the only word that comes to mind is, "Wow". Seriously,  "Wow". I guess I should......more