Faith Unraveled

A personal story of how one woman began questioning her Evangelical faith in the inerrancy of the Bible, framed around the idea of evolution. As she discusses the scientific theory of evolution, she also discusses the evolution of her faith away from Biblical inerrancy, and the evolution of religion in general. Just as she needed her faith to evolve through her doubt, she believes fundamental Christianity needs to evolve in order to survive. I really enjoyed her fresh (to me) approach to the subject, and am saddened that her death has deprived us of such a unique voice.

Freshman Work Shows the Potential Author... Held. As I write this review, those who knew Rachel Held Evans during her nearly 38 years of life are gathering a few hundred miles away for her funeral, and numerous fans across the world are bringing up a site to watch the service on a livestream. But that's just it, I consciously chose to read this book today as my own way of saying goodbye to Rachel - though I'm told that she had finished writing one final book before the illness struck her nearly two months ago and ultimately took her life.

The book itself was Rachel's first, and it truly shows how good of a writer she was and it shows the beginnings of the transcendence that was Searching for Sunday, her third book. If you've ever wandered what Christianity might be like, if you've ever found yourself as a Christian doubting what you'd been raised to believe, if you've ever wondered if Christians truly are that... whatever, read this book. Rachel has a way of telling the story of her life but showing through her own journey just what Christianity might be like if we can just ignore the blowhards.

Truly an excellent work, and very much recommended.