{"product_id":"bad-religion-good-news-an-honest-guide-for-the-spiritually-disappointed-9781513817644","title":"Bad Religion, Good News: An Honest Guide for the Spiritually Disappointed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's time to face the church's checkered past--and present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know that Christians across time have participated in or upheld grave wrongs. We also know that religious wrongdoing is more than just history. Many have suffered church-related trauma because of others who profess to follow Christ. So how do we hold the church's historic and ongoing sins? Is the best alternative to leave the faith--and do these questions make us bad Christians?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter four decades in the same congregation as well as a career in campus ministries, Scott A. Bessenecker has faced plenty of disappointment with the church. Yet he has found a richer spirituality by honestly facing harms done by those who follow Jesus. In \u003ci\u003eBad Religion, Good News\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers a way to hold understandable disappointment alongside the conviction that God is good. Speaking openly about the church's sins can help us examine the ways we've been wounded--and perhaps wounded others. Healing begins with an honest confrontation of wrongdoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invitational guide will help you move through disappointment with the church and embody the prophetic alternative to domination that the church was always meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3957997\"\u003eScott A. Bessenecker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513817644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1513817647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL012120\"\u003eChristian Living | Spiritual Growth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL074000\"\u003eChristian Ministry | Pastoral Resources\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL015000\"\u003eChristianity | History\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott A. Bessenecker\u003c\/b\u003e has spent his entire adult life working in one Christian organization and attending one local church community--plenty of time, he says, to be both a victim of and participant in the sins of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBessenecker serves as the director of global engagement and justice for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational campus ministry. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Friars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Inherit the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOverturning Tables\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife Janine live in Madison, Wisconsin, and have three adult children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herald Press (VA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46663356907659,"sku":"9781513817644","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_0eceb6b4-12b7-45eb-9fc7-a50d258a1ef6.jpg?v=1776448262","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/bad-religion-good-news-an-honest-guide-for-the-spiritually-disappointed-9781513817644","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}