{"product_id":"book-avup","title":"Soul Survivor","description":"Philip Yancey, whose explorations of faith have made him a guide for millions of  readers, feels no need to defend the church.  \"When someone tells me yet another  horror story about the church, I respond, 'Oh, it's even worse than that.  Let me  tell you my story.'I have spent most of my life in recovery from the church.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yancey  acknowledges that many spiritual seekers find few answers and little solace in the  institutional church.  \"I have met many people, and heard from many more, who have  gone through a similar process of mining truth from their religious past: Roman Catholics  who flinch whenever they see a nun or priest, former Seventh Day Adventists who cannot  drink a cup of coffee without a stab of guilt, Mennonites who worry whether wedding  rings give evidence of worldliness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How did Yancey manage to survive spiritually  despite early encounters with a racist, legalistic church that he now views as almost  cultic?  In this, his most soul-searching book yet, he probes that very question.   He tells the story of his own struggle to reclaim belief, interwoven with inspiring  portraits of notable people from all walks of life, whom he calls his spiritual directors.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoul Survivor \u003c\/b\u003eis his tribute to thirteen remarkable individuals, mentors who transformed  his life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Besides recalling their effect on him, Yancey also provides fresh  glimpses of the lives and faith journeys of each one.  From the scatterbrained journalist  G. K. Chesterton to the tortured novelists Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, to contemporaries  such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Annie Dillard, Shusaku Endo, and Robert Coles, Yancey gives inspiring  portraits of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing rather than a life-constricting  faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out and reclaim words used and  misused by the Christians of my youth,\" Yancey says.  \"These are the people who ushered  me into the Kingdom.  In many ways they are why I remain a Christian today, and I  want to introduce them to other spiritual seekers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSoul Survivor\u003c\/b\u003e offers illuminating  insights that will enrich the lives of veteran believers and cautious seekers alike. Yancey's own story, unveiled here as never before, is a beacon for those who seek  to rejuvenate their faith, and for those who are still longing for something to have  faith in.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341342417200,"sku":"BDavup","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/332938-avup-Square.jpg?v=1734058438","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-avup","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}