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Description
Barely hanging onto your faith in an imperfect church? In Soul Survivor, Philip Yancey recalls how he found his way back to a life-enhancing faith through thirteen imperfect yet remarkable mentors that include Martin Luther King, G.K. Chesterton, Mahatma Ghandi, Henri Nouwen, Leo Tolstoy, and more.

Book Excerpt
"If I had to define my own theme, it would be that of a person who absorbed some of the worst the church has to offer, yet still landed in the loving arms of God. Yes, I went through a period of rejection of the church and God. I ended up, however, not an atheist, a refugee from the church, but as one of its advocates. What allowed me to ransom a personal faith from the damaging effects of religion? The people profiled in this book go a long way toward answering that question. For that reason, in each chapter I have asked myself what difference they made in my life. Over time, the people I profiled became shapers of faith, my personal 'cloud of witness.' If I were invited to a convention full of skeptics, or representatives of another religion, and asked to explain my faith, these are the companions I would want along. I could simply point to these strong witnesses and say, 'Christians are not perfect, by any means, but they can be people made fully alive. This is what they look like.'"