Genuinely affecting and revelatory, Gail Baker's candid memoir conveys the poignant tale of her metamorphic journey to her spiritual conversion from Judaism to Christianity, which traversed the craggy, psyche-borne territories of faith, suffering, and religious affiliation within her.
Delivering a touching, coherent and insightful work that speaks to the soul of the reader, author Baker shares her spiritual hardships and triumphs, with a grounded openness and grace, which brims not only with emotion but a scholarly authenticity and insight, that comes across as she relates her catalyzing experiences, while supporting her conclusive insights with references to others of religious expertise, as well as through years of researching documented …show more content…
Having been raised in a Jewish family in Columbia, South Carolina, also known as part of the Bible belt, she often found herself the target of one of many unwanted and unexpected conversion attempts, in addition to being confounded by Christian elements that seemed anti-Semitic in nature, and moreover, the dark history of forced Christian conversions. However, it was not until eighteen years later that her journey truly began after years of crumbling under the stress of trying to manage a son who was plagued with mental and addiction issues from his youth for reasons unbeknownst. It was when she could take no more and her Judiastic upbringing could offer no true solace that she began to look for answers within the paradigm of the Christian world, eventually bringing her to the point of no return – conversion by accepting God's loving will, Jesus and the Christian viewpoint. By crossing the impalable barrier that separates Judaism and Christianity, Gail Baker became a hero and an inspiration. Not because she turned her back on Judaism but because she bravely took charge of her faith, daring to step away from her Jewish upbringing, chancing the dishonoring of her ancestors but for seeking a more enriching relationship with
Delivering a touching, coherent and insightful work that speaks to the soul of the reader, author Baker shares her spiritual hardships and triumphs, with a grounded openness and grace, which brims not only with emotion but a scholarly authenticity and insight, that comes across as she relates her catalyzing experiences, while supporting her conclusive insights with references to others of religious expertise, as well as through years of researching documented …show more content…
Having been raised in a Jewish family in Columbia, South Carolina, also known as part of the Bible belt, she often found herself the target of one of many unwanted and unexpected conversion attempts, in addition to being confounded by Christian elements that seemed anti-Semitic in nature, and moreover, the dark history of forced Christian conversions. However, it was not until eighteen years later that her journey truly began after years of crumbling under the stress of trying to manage a son who was plagued with mental and addiction issues from his youth for reasons unbeknownst. It was when she could take no more and her Judiastic upbringing could offer no true solace that she began to look for answers within the paradigm of the Christian world, eventually bringing her to the point of no return – conversion by accepting God's loving will, Jesus and the Christian viewpoint. By crossing the impalable barrier that separates Judaism and Christianity, Gail Baker became a hero and an inspiration. Not because she turned her back on Judaism but because she bravely took charge of her faith, daring to step away from her Jewish upbringing, chancing the dishonoring of her ancestors but for seeking a more enriching relationship with