Sex, Mom, and God: A Religiously Obsessed Sexual Memoir (or a Sexually Obsessed Religious Memoir)
By Frank Schaeffer
Read by Frank Schaeffer
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798200563357
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ISBN: 9798200563340
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ISBN: 9798200563364
Runtime: | 8.20 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
“Mom was a much nicer person than her God. There are many biblical regulations about everything from beard-trimming to menstruating. Mom worked diligently to recast her personal-hygiene-obsessed God in the best light.” Alternating between laugh-out-loud scenes from his childhood and acidic ruminations on the present state of an America he and his famous fundamentalist parents helped create, bestselling author Frank Schaeffer asks what the Glenn Becks and the Rush Limbaughs and the paranoid fantasies of the “right-wing echo chamber” are really all about. Here’s a hint: sex. The unforgettable central character in Sex, Mom, and God is the author’s far-from-prudish evangelical mother, Edith, who sweetly but bizarrely provides startling juxtapositions of the religious and the sensual thoughout Schaeffer’s childhood. She was, says Frank Schaeffer, “the greatest illustration of the Divine beauty of Paradox I’ve encountered … a fundamentalist living a double life as a lover of beauty who broke all her own judgmental rules in favor of creativity.” Charlotte Gordon, the award-winning author of Mistress Bradstreet, calls Sex, Mom, and God “a tour de force . . . Sarah Palin, ‘The Family,’ Anne Hutchinson, adultery, abortion, homophobia, Uganda, Ronald Reagan, B. B. King, Billy Graham, Hugh Hefner—it’s all here. This is the kind of book I did not want to end.”Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“To millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal, and Frank is the reluctant, wayward, traitorous prince.” —New York Times
“[Schaeffer’s] memoirs have a way of winning a reader’s
friendship…Schaeffer is a good memoirist, smart and often laugh-out-loud
funny…Frank seems to have been born irreverent, but his memoirs have a
serious purpose, and that is to expose the insanity and the corruption
of what has become a powerful and frightening force in American
politics…Frank has been straightforward and entertaining in his campaign
to right the political wrongs he regrets committing in the 1970s and
’80s…As someone who has made redemption his work, he has, in fact, shown
amazing grace.” —Washington Post
“Well worth reading, highly entertaining, and very informative about the
recent history of American evangelicalism. It will appeal to readers
interested in the world today, memoir, or religion.” —Library Journal
“[A] startlingly honest work, which is part memoir and part religious history…Intriguing fare.” —Booklist
“Intelligent and easy to read; it transitions smoothly back and forth
between story-telling and point-making prose…In his portrayal of Edith
Schaeffer, Frank is able to call out the nuttiness of the religious
right and to humanize conservative and Evangelical Christians in the
same narrative. It is the deft work of a talented writer practicing his
craft…It is a bit of wisdom our entire nation—hell, the whole
world—needs to hear.” —Huffington Post
“[Schaeffer’s] stories aren’t just interesting, they’re also well
told…[He] serves up an intriguing combination that’s part sexual memoir
and part exposé of religious right extremism. It’s a strange combination
to be sure, but in the hands of a gifted wordsmith like Schaeffer it
works.” —The Humanist
“The book shines in sections centered on Edith, a ‘life-embracing free
spirit’…A consummate memoirist, Schaeffer fills the narrative with
interesting anecdotes…The sage conversation on a New York–bound bus with
a distraught Asian girl is warmly resonant and a befitting conclusion
to…[a] book of ruminations, memories and frustrated opinion.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Intriguing…[Schaeffer’s] privileged view of the Christian right’s sexual
weirdness makes his account particularly interesting, and helps explain
why the aggressively pious so frequently destroy themselves with sex
scandals.” —Daily Beast
“Braids the rise of the religious right with Schaeffer’s development as
an evangelist and antiabortion activist…Recommended for history,
religion, or political buffs who enjoy a dash of tender reflection.” —Bitch
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Runtime: | 8.20 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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