{"product_id":"wishful-thinking-how-i-lost-my-faith-and-why-i-want-to-find-it-hardcover","title":"Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to Find It - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonna Freitas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Freitas wants to believe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of Christianity. \u003cp\u003e Despite her questions--or perhaps because of them--she made a career out of trying to understand God, pursuing a PhD in religion. But even as she taught college students about mystics, theologians, and others who wrestled with God, she was never able to embrace a faith of her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this searingly honest and deeply personal book, Freitas retraces her roundabout path up and out of the wilderness toward hope, and her dogged--and ongoing--search for faith. She talks about her experience with the Catholic abuse scandal, about being embraced as a speaker at evangelical colleges, about how the death of her mother and the loss of her marriage made her question everything she thought she knew about love, how she cannot reconcile the ways the concept of God makes absolutely no sense, and how she cannot stop trying to believe, despite it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Real, raw, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eWishful Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story about the author's search for belief in God and about finding God in the most unexpected places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Freitas\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction, for adults, children, and young adults. Among them are \u003ci\u003eConsent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention\u003c\/i\u003e (Little, Brown), \u003ci\u003eSex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance \u0026amp; Religion on College Campuses\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press), and \u003ci\u003eThe Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano\u003c\/i\u003e (Viking\/Penguin), which has been translated into 20 languages. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e and appeared on radio and television from NPR's All Things Considered to CNN and The Today Show. Donna loves cooking, spending time with her friends, and eating. She and her husband split their time between Barcelona and Brooklyn. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748972364064,"sku":"9781546004585","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c39ea562dbe1dca0c16f99492aa3baa.webp?v=1779921735","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wishful-thinking-how-i-lost-my-faith-and-why-i-want-to-find-it-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}