God Land: A Story Of Faith, Loss, And Renewal In Middle Amer

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Nombre: God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Indiana University Press

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In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around herthe empty churches and the broken hearts. What was happening to faith in the heartland?
From drugstores in Sydney, Iowa, to skeet shooting in rural Illinois, to the mega churches of Minneapolis, Lenz set out to discover the changing forces of faith and tradition in God's country. Part journalism, part memoir, God Land is a journey into the heart of a deeply divided America. Lenz visits places of worship across the heartland and speaks to the everyday people who often struggle to keep their churches afloat and to cope in a land of instability. Through a thoughtful interrogation of the effects of faith and religion on our lives, our relationships, and our country, God Land investigates whether our divides can ever be bridged and if America can ever come together.

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"God Land is a courageous narrative account of the religious and political divides that threaten to rip America down its middle."Foreword Reviews

"This work will resonate with any readers interested in understanding American landscapes where white, evangelical Christianity dominates both politics and culture."Publishers Weekly

"[Lenz's]sharp, insightful prose and deep compassion help illuminate many facets of a complicated region and its ties to Christianity. And like the people she meets, Lenz can't quite give up her stubborn longing for a big-hearted faith and an even bigger God. The result is an incisive, sober-eyed yet hopeful look at a vital aspect of American culture."Shelf Awareness

"God Landis a remarkable work of reporting, memoir, and cultural criticisma blazingly intelligent book exploring the ways that faith can both create and scatter communities in America. Lenz's beautiful proseby turns brutal, lyrical, Biblical, and richly comicpropels the reader along with her on this journey through the churches and faith communities of the Midwest. Amid a trend of books over the past several years that purport to explain the heartland in easy terms, Lenz offers us something far more valuable: a frank and perceptive analysis of what is broken, and will remain broken, among communities of faith in the Midwest and across the country. Easy answers come and go, but our brokenness is here to stay, and Lenz helps us see the hidden jointures while also helping us to see the grace in our brokenness, and to wonder whether it is not also our common bond."Ted Scheinman, author of Camp Austen

" God Land, Lyz Lenz's much-anticipated debut book, is a marvel. Not only is it a window into the middle America so many like to stereotype but fail to fully understand in all of its complexity, but it mixes reportage, memoir, and gorgeous prose so seamlessly I wanted to know how she did it. After laying bare all manner of losses of faith, bothpersonal and community, Lenz journeys to a sense of hope, rooted in generosity, that is fully earned. God Land will expand your horizons on what this country offers and who inhabits it, and why we're better off journeying together, rather than apart."Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

"Lyz Lenz writes the story of so many of usthose who have been betrayed by American Christianity and yet are being reborn in the ashes of a new kind of faith. For those seeking to understand the divides of religionincluding urban/rural, racial, and liberal/progressiveGod Land serves as an intimate chance to listen to an insider account of why people are leaving the faith (and why some remain). Lenz is a funny, irreverent, and keen-eyed writer, who succeeds in converting us to both love and mourn the place of our country known as Middle America."D. L. Mayfield, activist and author of

CARACTERÍSTICAS PRINCIPALES:

-Idioma: Inglés
-Envío: Desde EE. UU.
-Libro Impreso y Nuevo

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Tiempo de entrega: 10 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 5 cm x 22 cm x 27 cm cm
Material: Papel
Modelo: 9780253041531
Meses de garantía: 1
Garantía: Por defecto de fabricación
Condición: Nuevo
Color: Multicolor
Nombre de color: Multicolor
ASIN: 0253041538
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Indiana University Press
Titulo del libro: God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Lenz, Elizabeth
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Idioma: Inglés
Edición: 1
Número de páginas: 168
ISBN-13: 9780253041531
Edad mínima sugerida: 6
Genero musical: Literatura Universal
Contenido del paquete: 1 pieza
SKU: 9780253041531