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Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America—and Found Unexpected Peace by William Lobdell
Author(s) -
Ingle Zachary
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of american culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1542-734X
pISSN - 1542-7331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1542-734x.2009.00722_10.x
Subject(s) - faith , citation , history , sociology , religious studies , law , theology , political science , philosophy
William Lobdells journey of faith—and doubt—may be the most compelling spiritual memoir of our time. Lobdell became a born-again Christian in his late 20s when personal problems—including a failed marriage—drove him to his knees in prayer. As a newly minted evangelical, Lobdell—a veteran journalist—noticed that religion wasnt covered well in the mainstream media, and he prayed for the Lord to put him on the religion beat at a major newspaper. In 1998, his prayers were answered when the Los Angeles Times asked him to write about faith.