{"product_id":"bad-religion-good-news-an-honest-guide-for-the-spiritually-disappointed-9781513817644","title":"Bad Religion, Good News: An Honest Guide for the Spiritually Disappointed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's time to face the church's checkered past--and present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe know that Christians across time have participated in or upheld grave wrongs. We also know that religious wrongdoing is more than just history. Many have suffered church-related trauma because of others who profess to follow Christ. So how do we hold the church's historic and ongoing sins? Is the best alternative to leave the faith--and do these questions make us bad Christians?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter four decades in the same congregation as well as a career in campus ministries, Scott A. Bessenecker has faced plenty of disappointment with the church. Yet he has found a richer spirituality by honestly facing harms done by those who follow Jesus. In \u003ci\u003eBad Religion, Good News\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers a way to hold understandable disappointment alongside the conviction that God is good. Speaking openly about the church's sins can help us examine the ways we've been wounded--and perhaps wounded others. Healing begins with an honest confrontation of wrongdoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis invitational guide will help you move through disappointment with the church and embody the prophetic alternative to domination that the church was always meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott A. Bessenecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781513817644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott A. Bessenecker\u003c\/b\u003e has spent his entire adult life working in one Christian organization and attending one local church community--plenty of time, he says, to be both a victim of and participant in the sins of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBessenecker serves as the director of global engagement and justice for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an interdenominational campus ministry. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Friars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Inherit the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOverturning Tables\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife Janine live in Madison, Wisconsin, and have three adult children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Scott A. Bessenecker \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48229124669597,"sku":"9781513817644","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e431af83-ff52-49d6-9e36-bb948272b0ff.jpg?v=1778575831","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/bad-religion-good-news-an-honest-guide-for-the-spiritually-disappointed-9781513817644","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}