An athiest Academic @ age 31 she realies Jesus really, factually rose from the dead.
Became Christian, then Catholic.
Would recommend for intellectuals, athiests, agnostic. ( )

Ordway, an atheist academic, was convinced that faith was superstitious nonsense. As a well-educated college English professor, she saw no need for just-so stories about God. Secure in her fortress of atheism, she was safe (or so she thought) from any assault by irrational faith.

But then something happened . . . How did she come to “lay down her arms” in surrender to Christ – and then, a few years later, enter into the Catholic Church?

This is the moving account of her unusual journey. It is the story of an academic becoming convinced of the truth of Christianity on rational grounds – but also the account of God’s grace acting in and through her imagination.

Fascinating journey from being an atheist with no church background and mocking religion to becoming a conservative Catholic. ( )

I love stories of atheists finding God through their own explorations. This is a well thought out book about a woman choosing to pursue truth even when she knows the answers may be life-changing and unsettling. Ordway shares her brave search with us in a way that's easy to relate to, even if we've never been in her situation. I applaud her efforts as a Christian as well as her efforts as a writer.
I won my copy through First Reads. ( )

Holly Ordway is not God's type because she's an intellectual atheist professor of English literature. After studying Keats' and Donne's poetry she wonders what did these men know. She feels a new hunger. She realizes her fencing coach, Josh, has strong Christian beliefs without being a pushy-type of guy. He is her intellectual equal, thus they have many conversations about morality and God. She slowly moves from atheism to theism to reading the Gospels as history, to finally flying.

Some of the philosophical arguments were difficult for me to understand, however Ordway’s metaphors, which are actually Josh’s metaphors, are a delight to read. There’s a paper coffee cup in a casino in Nevada. She wanders in the countryside of the kingdom, and stands on the edge of a moral precipice. Josh refuses to answer some of Ordway's questions -- she has to buy the plane ticket herself.(less)'

disclaimer: received this book through the publisher Moody Publishers ( )