Does Jesus Really Love Me? - A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian''s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America is part memoir and part investigative analysis that explores the explosive and confusing intersection of faith, politics, and sexuality in Christian America. The quest to find an answer is at the heart of Does Jesus Really Love Me? --a personal journey of belief, an investigation, and a portrait of a faith and a nation at odds by award-winning reporter Jeff Chu. From Brooklyn to Nashville to California, from Westboro Baptist Church and their "God Hates Fags" protest signs, to the pioneering Episcopalian bishop Mary Glasspool--who proclaims a message of liberation and divine love, Chu captures spiritual snapshots of Christian America at a remarkable moment, when tensions between both sides in the culture wars have rarely been higher. Funny and heartbreaking, perplexing and wise, Does Jesus Really Love Me? is an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual pilgrimage that reveals a nation in crisis.

About the author

Jeff Chu is co-curator of Evolving Faith, alongside Sarah Bessey, who founded the gathering with Rachel Held Evans. He is also the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me? and an editor-at-large at Travel+Leisure. He, his husband, Tristan, and their dog, Fozzie, make their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Chu, Chu Jeff
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9780062049742
• ISBN: 978-0-06-204974-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION: Christianity / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, RELIGION: Sexuality & Gender Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, RELIGION: Christian Theology / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Social Activists, RELIGION: Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE: LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, LGBTQ STUDIES: RELIGION, RELIGION: Faith