Unlearning God : how unbelieving helped me to believe
(Book)

"America's favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality. Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother's milk, only to discover later that some of the most important questions about God and ourselves don't have easy answers. And then we're faced with a choice--retreat to spiritual security and the community that comes with it, or strike out into the unknown. With his trademark humor and down-home wisdom, Philip Gulley serves as just the spiritual director a wayward pilgrim could warm to, inviting readers into his own sometimes rollicking, sometimes daunting journey of spiritual discovery. He writes about being raised by a Catholic mother and a Baptist father across the street from a family of Jehovah's Witnesses--all three camps convinced the other two are doomed. To nearly everyone's consternation, Philip grows up to be a Quaker pastor. In Unlearning God, he showcases his well-loved gifts as a storyteller and his acute sensibilities as a public theologian in conversations that will charm, provoke, encourage, and inspire." -- Dust jacket.