Growing Up Amish: The Teenage Years (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies)2 reviews Richard A. Stevick The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 A 'must' for any collection strong in either Amish history and culture or regional American community sociology. + The Real Story of The Amish! The Amish way is a lifetime commitment to the faith as well as a way of life: nearly 90 percent of those who grow up Amish choose the Amish way. Here is an in-depth study of Amish adolescence which considers its religion, society, and rituals which reinforce the statistics surrounding this chosen ...             Resurrecting Grace: Remembering Catholic Childhoods4 reviews Beacon Press, 2001 author/editor review + wonderful book! + Not just for Catholics anymore "A collection for Catholics, former Catholics, and Catholics by association, "Resurrecting Grace" is redolent with the images, sounds, smells, and deep heart experiences that are so much a part of a Catholic upbringing . . . . It is an encounter with this complex community of faith that sustains ...             The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah's Witnesses23 reviews Joy Castro Arcade Publishing, 2005 AWESOME!!! + Excellent writing, powerful story + An ex JW too + A Tragic Reminder...             Delusion: Growing Up in an Amish Jewish Cult (Growing Up in An Amish-Jewish Cult) (Growing Up in An ...1 review Patricia Hochstetler Baker Trittin Press, 2007 Highly recommended to any who want to learn about the phenomenon of cults No one plans to join a cult, reminds Author Patricia Hochstetler, who tells us her story in "Growing Up in an Amish-Jewish Cult: Book One: Delusion". People seek to be closer to God, and to bring their family with them as to protect them from damnation. And all too often, power hungry manipulators ...             Daughters of Kings: Growing Up As a Jewish Woman in America Faber & Faber, 1997             Parish the Thought: An Inspirational Memoir of Growing Up Catholic in the 1960s13 reviews John Bernard Ruane Roswell Press, 2007 Parish the Thought by John Bernard Ruane + The best book I've read in a long time. + Parish the Thought + Catholic parish deja vu!             Growing Up Fundamentalist: Journeys in Legalism & Grace4 reviews Stefan Ulstein Intervarsity Pr, 1995 Heartbreaking, but not all that representative. + Testimonies of Ex Fundamentalists The Preface to the book gives an excellent history of fundamentalism in America. It is very important to have knowledge of the history in order to have understanding of the experience of growing up fundamentalist. The interviews selected for inclusion in the book were insightful, honest, and, ...             Growing Up Plain1 review Shirley Kurtz Good Books, 1969 Why so skimpy? I was hoping to learn more about the Mennonite way of life & certainly the author's family. Filled mostly with random thoughts & not informative or even very much fun to read. How does one get a book like this PUBLISHED??             Growing Up Plain Among Conservative Wilburite Quakers: The Journey of a Public Friend1 review Wilmer A. Cooper Friends United Press, 1999 An excellent insider's account of Conservative Quakerism In a rare display of the ability to bridge two worlds that are so strikingly different, Mr. Cooper has the gift of being able to invite the reader into the world of Conservative Quakerism, without making him feel as if he has just been preached to. Mr. Cooper is quite unusual in that he seems to ...             Growing Up Catholic10 reviews Mary Jane Frances Cavolina, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly, ... Doubleday, 2000 The Funniest Book I Have Ever Read + INSIDERS' REVELATION FOR THE DEVOUT, THE DUTIFUL AND THE DUBIOUS + once a catholic............ + Growing up Catholic             Paradise Fever: Growing Up in the Shadow of the New Age7 reviews Ptolemy Tompkins Quill, 1998 Incredible Story + Hilarious, haunting, and crazily balanced + A great new-age bowel movement. + Amazingly funny and resonant             I Was a Teenage Jehovah's Witness7 reviews Nate Merritt Moon Temple Press, 2006 The Accidental Witness + ONE WILD RIDE! + A Review By My Good Friend Didier Fougeras, in Belle-Eglise France + A manual of survival for teen age years and predatory religions.             Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir16 reviews Kevin Jennings Beacon Press, 2006 had me laughing and crying + Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son + The teacher who enters the classroom ready to learn from his or her students has boundless capacity for growth + Has its moments             In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country13 reviews Kim Barnes Anchor, 1997 wonderful book! + I have read 2 memoirs about coming of age + Fairness in the face of miracles. + A compelling, honest tale full of great surprises + terrific             Growing Up a Sullen Baptist: And Other Lies1 review Robert Flynn University of North Texas Press, 2001 A book not just for "Sullen Baptists" Robert Flynn is a wonderful storyteller. The book contains essays that are sometimes laugh out funny, and sometimes deeply thought provoking. To be able to write both, and to find both in a single volume, is a treat. People who grew up in religious homes -- whether or not they are from Texas ...             Giving Up Stealing ... for Lent!1 review Charles Madden Requiem Press, 2006 Simple home spun stories Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (5/06) The youngest of eleven children Charles Madden has recorded family stories handed down through the years. Some happened even before his birth. Other incidents are from his early childhood, his teens, and later years. His parents lived out a ...             Diary of a Preacher's Daughter4 reviews Lynne Cox Authorhouse, 2002 An American Treasure! + Diary Of A Preacher's Daughter + I Loved This Book! + A Heartwarming Life Story             Growing Up Amish: Insider Secrets from One Woman's Inspirational Journey6 reviews Anna Dee Olson Morgan James Publishing, 2008 The Gift was a Big Hit! This book was a gift for Mother's Day. It arrived in a timely manor and was in perfect shape. The price was very reasonable and since it was hard to find in book stores locally, was very convenient to be delivered to my home. I buy many books and products from Amazon and will continue to do ...             Bloomfield Avenue: A Jewish-Catholic Jersey Girl's Spiritual Journey2 reviews Linda Mercadante Cowley Publications, 2006 Bread for the journey When I got home from school Wednesday night I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me...Linda Mercadante's delightful book. I ordered it in August and in the crush of semester demands had forgotten about it. I was happy it had come and decided I would look forward to reading it at the end of the ...             Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed16 reviews Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, ... HarperCollins UK, 2007 Very sad but excelent book + Life Inside A Cult + WELL DONE + Not Without My Sister