Surprised by Doubt, Joshua D Chatraw
Surprised by Doubt, Joshua D Chatraw
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Surprised by Doubt
How Disillusionment Can Invite Us Into a Deeper Faith

Author: Joshua D Chatraw, Jack Carson

Narrator: James R. Cheatham

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2023


Synopsis

Even those who live by faith sometimes doubt. Those doubts don't have to mean the end of Christian identity.

In Surprised by Doubt, Joshua Chatraw and Jack Carson help listeners rediscover a deeper faith in the midst of a confusing world. They invite skeptics and doubters to explore the ancient faith for a new perspective on contemporary Christianity.

Chatraw and Carson build on C. S. Lewis's metaphor that envisions Christianity as a house with many rooms, suggesting that readers move beyond the cramped attic of reactionary versions of the faith to explore the larger, more ancient main floors of the house.

With pastoral care and intellectual rigor, Chatraw and Carson not only help Christians think through the issues confronting them. They also help listeners engage their emotional journey of anxiety, fear, anger, and frustration. Listeners will discover the wisdom of the past and ways to reimagine a life of faith alongside doubt.

About Joshua D Chatraw

Joshua D. Chatraw is executive director of the Center for Public Christianity, the theologian-in-residence at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and the lead teacher for New City Fellows in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has written or edited numerous books and lives with his wife and two children in Garner, North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on August 22, 2024

This book hit the sweet spot for me. I would highly recommend this to anyone struggling with doubts about the Christian faith, especially if they have primarily been exposed to a generic evangelicalism or some form of fundamentalism. The book is easy to read without being dumbed down or simplistic.......more

Goodreads review by Brother Brandon on July 10, 2024

Wonderful. This guy's end notes looks like my library.......more

Goodreads review by Lizzy on March 31, 2024

Never more have we needed a book allowing us to embrace our doubts in the Christian faith while guiding us through to the depths of relationship with Christ. "Surprised by Doubt" is a play on the words coined by C.S. Lewis when, in his discovery of the love of Christ, wrote his transformation story......more

Goodreads review by C.H. on December 20, 2023

This is a really good book. It has several problems, which I’ll discuss last, but if you just skim book reviews, I want to make my point early on: this is indeed a good book and can be used effectively with those wrestling with doubt. As you might guess, the title is a take-off on C. S. Lewis’s Surpr......more

Goodreads review by Richard on December 29, 2023

The final entry in the ARC giveaway that I received just before the holidays from Brazos Press, "Surprised by Doubt: How Disillusionment Can Invite Us Into a Deeper Faith" is a book that starts with the central idea that even those who live by faith can experience doubt. For co-authors Joshua D. Cha......more