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Breaking Up with God

A Love Story
by Sarah Sentilles
Breaking Up with God: A Love Story. HarperOne: HarperCollins. Jun. 2011. c.256p. ISBN 9780061946868. $22.99. REL
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This is a beautiful, intimate, and personal spiritual memoir, told as a passionate love story about a relationship that ultimately does not work out between the author and God. Sentilles (A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit), a former candidate for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church, with a master's of divinity and a doctorate in theology from Harvard, tells her story in a way that is never preachy or pushy. She is not angry or bitter and seems to have no intention of converting readers to her viewpoint. She simply shares her journey with a tenderness and authenticity that is both heartbreaking and hopeful. Her narrative ends with an agnostic but promising vision for humanity.
VERDICT Sentilles provides a wonderful model for humbly seeking and inquiring to find meaning. Those who have ever doubted, wrestled, questioned, or struggled to maintain a relationship with an elusive God, whether they are currently believers, nonbelievers, or somewhere in between, will find much that speaks to them in this touching memoir. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Brian T. Sullivan, Alfred Univ. Lib., NY , Jun 01, 2011
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