Surprised by Oxford : a memoir

Weber, Carolyn, 1971- author.

Book 2011

Carolyn Weber arrives at Oxford a feminist from a loving but broken family, suspicious of men and intellectually hostile to all things religious. As she grapples with her God-shaped void alongside the friends, classmates, and professors she meets, she tackles big questions in search of truth, love, and a life that matters. From issues of fatherhood, feminism, doubt, doctrine, and love, Weber explores the intricacies of coming to faith with an ach...

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ISBN:

9780849946110
9780849921834 (trade paperback)
9780849921834
084992183X

Description:

xvi, 457 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references
Canadiana

Contents:

Preface : a note on the text and terms
Prologue : doubt wisely
Spots of time
Summer sunset
All that you can't leave behind
The father (w)hole
Michaelmas term
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs
The storm before the calm
The poison tree
Shaken, not just stirred
Sweet-talkin' son of a preacher man
Jesus, the great polarizer
The conundrum of time
Does love justify all?
Christmastide
Tide out : have a Heimlich/un-Heimlich Christmas (home, but not home, for the holidays)
Tide in : am I my sister's keeper?
Tide out : forsaking all others (including the self)
Tide in : more than a new year
Hilary term
Book ends
What if Jesus had been a woman?
Sehnsucht
Butterflies in the bookcase
Professor Von X
Throwing the baby out with the baptism water
Psychomania
The ultimate Valentine
Eastertide
Tide out : good Friday, riding westward
Tide in : confessions of a introverted convert
Tide out : do I have to be a LOUD Christian?
Tide in : dance like a fish
Trinity term
Church going
Looking for the Loch Ness monster
Miss Georgia
Bald in the land of big hair
Mary and me
Parousia
All joy reminds
Trinity Sunday, Trinity term
Summer sunrise
St. Margaret's road
Annus mirabilis
Epilogue : believe wisely

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3309994

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