Michael Camp is an independent-minded author, blogger, former evangelical missionary, and microbrew enthusiast. His new book, Confessions of a Bible Thumper: My Homebrewed Quest for a Reasoned Faith traces his twenty-five-year plus spiritual journey into and out of conservative Christianity. You will enjoy his entertaining and reflective writing on religious and social issues. His inconoclastic style always insists on going where the evidence leads.
He is also writing a second book, a novel called The Vision, about a religious studies professor at a secular university, who has a mystical utopian vision of the future with global implications that angers religious conservatives and turns her world upside down.
Conscious Talk Radio
Brenda Michaels and Rob Spears interview Michael about his surprising discoveries that led him to leave evangelicalism and organized religion.
Early Readers of Confessions of a Bible Thumper:
"A unique story that weaves scholarly biblical research with threads of comical adventure."
"An astute examination. Even the most devout will rethink their traditional beliefs."
"Makes a deep impression on readers to discover genuine faith through questioning."
"Confessions of a Bible Thumper has all the marks of a spiritual classic. Its honesty, courage, humor, and real "God" experiences are the mandatory rungs in the ladder people need to climb out of today's toxic cocktail of fundamentalism and cynicism, and walk boldly into the dazzling light of authentic spirituality. Bravo!" Jessica Maxwell, author the double-gold award winning spiritual memoir, Roll Around Heaven
"An important book for both conservative and progressive Christians. Much of it reads like a novel while being highly instructive."
- Marcus Borg, leading Jesus scholar and author of 21 books
"Camp's book marks an important milestone. It adds another chapter to a growing body of literature about what it is like to awake from the evangelical dream and discover that you've been living a nightmare. I recommend this book!" - Frank Schaeffer,
author of Crazy for God
"Confessions of a Bible Thumper is a provocative and insightful memoir by an evangelical Christian who dares to quit blindly accepting the 'bible-based' assumptions of fundamentalism to begin his deeply personal quest for a reasoned faith." - Mel White, author of Religion Gone Bad and Holy Terror
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