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Saints & sinners : Walker Ridley, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton La Vey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox

A study of the triumphs and failures of the life of faith profiles six contemporary religious leaders.

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  • "A study of the triumphs and failures of the life of faith profiles six contemporary religious leaders."@en
  • "In this fascinating book about religion in America, one of this country's most probing yet sympathetic journalists puts forth stories not only of real grace but of despair, sexual scandal, and attempted murder. Lawrence Wright's Saints and Sinners are Jimmy Swaggart, who preached a hellfire gospel with rock 'n' roll abandon before he was caught with a, prostitute in a seedy motel; Anton LaVey, the kitsch-loving, gleefully fraudulent founder of the First Church of Satan; Madalyn Murray O'Hair, whose litigious atheism sometimes resembled a brand of faith; Matthew Fox, the Dominican priest who has aroused the fury of the Vatican for dismissing the doctrine of original sin and denouncing the church as a dysfunctional family; Walker Railey, the rising star of Dallas's Methodist church, who, at the pinnacle of his success, was suspected of attempting to murder his wife; and Will Campbell, the eccentric liberal Southern Baptist preacher whose challenges to established ways of thinking have made him a legend in his own time. By letting us listen to their voices and see the individuals in all their complexities, Lawrence Wright has written a richly fascinating book about the passions, triumphs, and failures of the life of faith. From the Trade Paperback edition."@en
  • "In his new book, Saints & Sinners, Lawrence Wright takes us into the lives of six contemporary religious leaders through extensive interviews with them, with their adherents, and with their critics. A skeptical journalist seeking in part to learn something about his own beliefs, Wright sets out to explore the ways in which the struggle with faith has shaped each of these men and women. The six are:. Walker Railey, the ambitious rising star of Dallas's downtown Methodist church (which Wright attended as a child), who - at the pinnacle of his success, admired by his influential parishioners, and already spoken of as a potential bishop - was suspected of attempting to murder his wife."
  • "In his new book, Saints & Sinners, Lawrence Wright takes us into the lives of six contemporary religious leaders through extensive interviews with them, with their adherents, and with their critics. A skeptical journalist seeking in part to learn something about his own beliefs, Wright sets out to explore the ways in which the struggle with faith has shaped each of these men and women. The six are:. Walker Railey, the ambitious rising star of Dallas's downtown Methodist church (which Wright attended as a child), who - at the pinnacle of his success, admired by his influential parishioners, and already spoken of as a potential bishop - was suspected of attempting to murder his wife."@en

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  • "Saints & Sinners : Walter Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fow"
  • "Saints & sinners : Walker Ridley, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton La Vey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox"@en
  • "Saints & sinners Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox"@en
  • "Saints and Sinners Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell , Matthew Fox"@en
  • "Saints and sinners : Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthey Fox"@en
  • "Saints & sinners : Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox"@en
  • "Saints & sinners : Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox"
  • "Saints and sinners : Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggart, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Anton LaVey, Will Campbell, Matthew Fox"@en
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