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- Did you grow up in a fundamental religion such as Christian, Jewish, or Muslim?
- Were you taught to fear the wrath of God?
- Were you depressed as a child—a depression that follows you today?
This book is a must-read if you answered yes to any of these questions. You are not alone. Millions of good people suffer the lingering effects of a childhood steeped in fear and self-loathing. Regardless of your current beliefs (believer, agnostic, atheist), you will see yourself or someone you love in these pages.
Suffer the Children: From Fanaticism to Mental Illness starts with the author's own evangelical journey, complete with speaking in tongues, dancing in the spirit, faith healing, and casting out demons. While the traditions of her church may be different from your religious customs, the adverse outcomes on mental health may be the same. More importantly, Ms. Eastwood queried over 200 people about their childhood experiences. She asked each to rate the degree to which they felt loneliness, shame, or childhood depression, The results are not scientific, but they do shed light on common difficulties often experienced by kids in church. For example, 34% of survey takers reported significant to extreme depression from age six through twelve, much higher than the 2.5% reported by some researchers in the general population. Furthermore, fifty percent of respondents said they suffer from current clinical depression as adults.
This book is not a condemnation of any religious faith. The issues she raises are as relevant to Jews and Muslims as to Christians. However, it does question the techniques used to dominate and train children within religious organizations. Ms. Eastwood asserts that raising children steeped in fear creates anxiety, loneliness, shame, and depression. This depression often follows the child into adulthood.
Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President. The book shines new light on both the accomplished statesman and the warm, decent man known best by his family. In addition, George W. Bush discusses his father's influence on him throughout his own life, from his childhood in West Texas to his early campaign trips with his father, and from his decision to go into politics to his own two-term Presidency.
In Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known--but not well understood--Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
Written in a beautiful and engaging style, Seven Men addresses what it means (or should mean) to be a man today, at a time when media and popular culture present images of masculinity that are not the picture presented in Scripture and historic civil life. This book answers questions like:
Each of the seven biographies represents the life of a man who experienced the struggles and challenges to be strong in the face of forces and circumstances that would have destroyed the resolve of lesser men. Each of the seven men profiled--George Washington, William Wilberforce, Eric Liddell, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jackie Robinson, John Paul II, and Charles Colson--call the reader to a more elevated walk and lifestyle, one that embodies the gospel in the world around us.
