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Title Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church / Megan Phelps-Roper
Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2019
©2019

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Edition First edition
Descript 289 pages ; 24 cm
Content The quarrel of the Covenant -- The bounds of our habitation -- The wars of the Lord -- The tongue is a fire -- The lust of the flesh -- The appearance of evil -- Ye shall be judged -- Strangers and pilgrims -- Lift up thy voice
Note The activist and TED speaker Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, her life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization
At the age of five, Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. She became the church's Twitter spokeswoman, but dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church's leaders and message. Here she relates her moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Phelps-Roper, Megan, 1986-
Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka, Kan.)
Ex-church members -- Baptists -- Biography
Christianity and politics -- United States
Toleration -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Religious tolerance -- Christianity
Christianity and politics.
Toleration.
United States
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Avhoppare
Kristendom och politik
Religiös tolerans
Förenta staterna
USA
Baptism
Självbiografier
Classmark 286/.5 B
279.65 b
ISBN/ISSN 9780374275839 hardcover
0374275831 hardcover
40029519628
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