Why I Left, Why I Stayed

Conversations on Christianity Between an Evangelical Father and His Humanist Son

Biography & Memoir, Religious, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology, Christianity
Cover of the book Why I Left, Why I Stayed by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo, HarperOne
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo ISBN: 9780062415424
Publisher: HarperOne Publication: February 21, 2017
Imprint: HarperOne Language: English
Author: Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
ISBN: 9780062415424
Publisher: HarperOne
Publication: February 21, 2017
Imprint: HarperOne
Language: English

Bestselling Christian author, activist, and scholar Tony Campolo and his son Bart, an avowed Humanist, debate their spiritual differences and explore similarities involving faith, belief, and hope that they share.

Over a Thanksgiving dinner, fifty-year-old Bart Campolo announced to his Evangelical pastor father, Tony Campolo, that after a lifetime immersed in the Christian faith, he no longer believed in God. The revelation shook the Campolo family dynamic and forced father and son to each reconsider his own personal journey of faith—dual spiritual investigations into theology, faith, and Humanism that eventually led Bart and Tony back to one another.

In Why I Left, Why I Stayed, the Campolos reflect on their individual spiritual odysseys and how they evolved when their paths diverged. Tony, a renowned Christian teacher and pastor, recounts his experience, from the initial heartbreak of discovering Bart’s change in faith, to the subsequent healing he found in his own self-examination, to his embracing of his son’s point of view. Bart, an author and Humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, considers his faith journey from Progressive Christianity to Humanism, revealing how it affected his outlook and transformed his relationship with his father.

As Why I Left, Why I Stayed makes clear, a painful schism between father and son that could have divided them irreparably became instead an opening that offered each an invaluable look not only at what separated them, but more importantly, what they shared.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Bestselling Christian author, activist, and scholar Tony Campolo and his son Bart, an avowed Humanist, debate their spiritual differences and explore similarities involving faith, belief, and hope that they share.

Over a Thanksgiving dinner, fifty-year-old Bart Campolo announced to his Evangelical pastor father, Tony Campolo, that after a lifetime immersed in the Christian faith, he no longer believed in God. The revelation shook the Campolo family dynamic and forced father and son to each reconsider his own personal journey of faith—dual spiritual investigations into theology, faith, and Humanism that eventually led Bart and Tony back to one another.

In Why I Left, Why I Stayed, the Campolos reflect on their individual spiritual odysseys and how they evolved when their paths diverged. Tony, a renowned Christian teacher and pastor, recounts his experience, from the initial heartbreak of discovering Bart’s change in faith, to the subsequent healing he found in his own self-examination, to his embracing of his son’s point of view. Bart, an author and Humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, considers his faith journey from Progressive Christianity to Humanism, revealing how it affected his outlook and transformed his relationship with his father.

As Why I Left, Why I Stayed makes clear, a painful schism between father and son that could have divided them irreparably became instead an opening that offered each an invaluable look not only at what separated them, but more importantly, what they shared.

More books from HarperOne

Cover of the book The End of Diabetes by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Playa Fire by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book The Guru in You by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Escape from Intimacy by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book The Great Awakening by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Big Miracles by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book The MELT Method by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Chickens in the Road by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book My Life, Deleted by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Care of Mind/Care of Spirit by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book On Nature and the Environment by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Tiny Buddha's 365 Tiny Love Challenges by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book Super Body, Super Brain by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book The Secret of the Shadow by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
Cover of the book The December Project by Tony Campolo, Bart Campolo
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy