ex-church members

A work of memoir and investigative journalism on the exvangelical movement: its origins; stories of its members; and its social, cultural, and political impact.

"Married to an evangelical paster's son with a comfortable life, the author describes her reckoning with religious trauma and Midwestern values as she shed years of indoctrination, piety, and repression and came out as queer, and discusses how evangelicalism has undermined American political power structures"--Provided by publisher.

Memoir of Amber Scorah, a Jehovah's Witness missionary sent to China to evangelize who, after being exposed to other world views, leaves the religion, is cut off from family and friends, and is forced to forge a new life in a world she had limited exposure to growing up.

A memoir of Ingrid Ricks' teenage years when she escaped her home with her mother and abusive step-father to travel with her father.

Nicole Hardy, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, explores how she came, at the age of thirty-five, to a crossroads regarding her faith and her identity.

Chronicles the experiences Jean Rio had during her journey from England to Utah with her seven children in the 1850s.

The author describes growing up within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, her public criticism of the church, and her difficult decision to leave the Mormon church to pursue her own search for spirituality.

Ira Wagler chronicles his life in the Old Order Amish settlement of Bloomfield, Iowa, describing his childhood on the family farm, his Rumpspringa rite of passage at age sixteen, his decision to leave the Amish church at age twenty-six, and his adjustment to the outside world.

Kate Bornstein provides a memoir of her life, discussing her childhood as a Jewish boy in New Jersey and discussing how she switched genders and ended up where she is today. Bernstein confronts the difficulties she has had to overcome along the way and reveals how she found her true self.