Prisoner of Belief
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Prisoner of Belief

One Man's Odyssey to Reclaim His Soul – From Evangelical Minister to Searching Psychologist

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Prisoner of Belief

One Man's Odyssey to Reclaim His Soul – From Evangelical Minister to Searching Psychologist

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Prisoner of Belief by John Van Dixhorn is the tale of a man who fights for his soul against the crushing power of religious orthodoxy and evangelical zealotry to become a modern man in the modern world. Raised by rigid Calvinists, Van Dixhorn became an evangelical minister, a successful pastor with prosperous churches. But intellectual honesty and emotional longing led him to challenge his faith, his church, his family, his friends and his vocation...and to eventually leave the ministry and become a secular psychologist. To live this life and write this book takes courage. Prisoner of Belief, then, is a memoir of a courageous man. Through the numerous sharp and painful (and sometimes very funny) anecdotes we begin to realize what it means to confront all the significant figures and forces in one's life, from self to mom, to brother, church, faith, ideology, Jesus, and finally to God...and the world-view that holds all this together in one neat theological package. Van Dixhorn provides enough historical background so that otherwise obscure theology may be understood. As a psychologist, Van Dixhorn takes us deeper to see how doctrine affects emotional life, how belief affects our psyche, our sexuality, and our sense of self. As Van Dixhorn leads us through his life, we learn so much from this honest and courageous story. Geoffrey Sarkissian, Graduate of Fuller Seminary

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Publisher
Outskirts Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781478746881
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1: Goodbye, Mother
  4. Chapter 2: The Erotic Struggles of a“Born Again” Teenager
  5. Chapter 3: Seminary or Cemetery
  6. Chapter 4: Family or God
  7. Chapter 5: Our God Doesn’t Kill Babies
  8. Chapter 6: The Night I Committed theUnforgivable Sin
  9. Chapter 7: A Secular Minister of the Soul
  10. Chapter 8: Reading the Bible Again for the First Time
  11. Chapter 9: Goodbye, My Brother
  12. Chapter 10: De-conversion–A Developmental Achievement
  13. Conclusion
  14. Acknowledgements