Bøger af Chris Stedman

Doorway is a chapter book where the only limits of the adventure are in the imagination of Hannah and Ryan. The Doorway is the key to their fun. Every time they go through a Doorway, they let their imaginations run wild with whatever the find in the room. From posters on the wall, toys on the shelf, or weather through the window, everything is there for them to use. Joining them in their adventurers, are their imaginary friends Peter, Ariel, and Gino. They're alongside Hannah and Ryan in each adventure, their personalities inhabiting a different toy in each Doorway, giving each one new faces and abilities each time to help them along the way. And don't forget Hannah Bunny, who is always in the background helping them out. Where will the Doorway take you? In The Soccer Ball Quest, Hannah is reintroduced to Ryan's friends Peter, Ariel, and Gino. But their reunion is cut short when Zero appears, and steals their soccer ball. The kids set out on a quest to retrieve their ball, but have to deal with the dangers of their journey, and find out what surprises Zero has in store for them.

The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the ';New Atheist' movementwhose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchensspeaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and the widespread, vehement disdain for religion among many of them. In Faitheist, Chris Stedman tells his own story to challenge the orthodoxies of this movement and make a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully.Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a ';born-again' Christian in late childhood. The idea of a community bound by God's lovea love that was undeserved, unending, and guaranteedcaptivated him. It was, he writes, a place to belong and a framework for making sense of suffering. But Stedman's religious community did not embody this idea of God's love: they were staunchly homophobic at a time when he was slowly coming to realize that he was gay. The great suffering this caused him might have turned Stedman into a life-long New Atheist. But over time he came to know more open-minded Christians, and his interest in service work brought him into contact with people from a wide variety of religious backgrounds. His own religious beliefs might have fallen away, but his desire to change the world for the better remained. Disdain and hostility toward religion was holding him back from engaging in meaningful work with people of faith. And it was keeping him from full relationships with themthe kinds of relationships that break down intolerance and improve the world. In Faitheist, Stedman draws on his work organizing interfaith and secular communities, his academic study of religion, and his own experiences to argue for the necessity of bridging the growing chasm between atheists and the religious. As someone who has stood on both sides of the divide, Stedman is uniquely positioned to present a way for atheists and the religious to find common ground and work together to make this worldthe one world we can all agree ona better place.