Chuck Tingle, the life-giving energy behind 'LOVE IS REAL', knew about the secret bullshit going on behind evangelical closed doors and was exposing it. It was validating and soul-edifying to read this book knowing that the author behind it all, Dr. This book is extremely important as an in-depth, fictionalized (but realistic) intimate look at the dangers of heterosexual-white-American-evangelical-monotheistic purity culture and their dogmatic beliefs. I started "deconstructing" my faith and now I no longer identify as a Christian but I'm still on a faith-based journey to personalize where I stand.
In 2020 while churches were closed, I realized I never wanted to go back. In marriage, I started attending an evangelical church with my husband and eventually identified as a Christian even though I still held to my liberal views on everything and felt like an outcast in some Christian circles for my "radical beliefs". I was raised agnostic by parents who leaned, atheist. What You Need to Know: It will be interesting to see how readers with different religious backgrounds engage with this book. Writing Style: Character-Driven, Brisk Pace, Subgenre/Themes: Coming-of-Age, Cults, Human Monsters, Psychological, Small Town Horror, Religious Stuff,
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