Christian Nonfiction
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
2016·304 pages
Memoir tracing a secular Jewish novelist's path from agnosticism, depression, and suicidal thoughts to baptism and Christian faith.
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Memoir tracing a secular Jewish novelist's path from agnosticism, depression, and suicidal thoughts to baptism and Christian faith.
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No one was more surprised than Andrew Klavan when, at the age of fifty, he found himself about to be baptized. The Great Good Thing tells the soul-searching story of a man born into an age of disbelief who had to abandon everything he thought he knew in order to find his way to the truth. Best known for his hard-boiled, white-knuckle thrillers and for the movies made from them--among them True Crime and Don't Say a Word--bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Klavan was born in a suburban Jew...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Very light descriptions of sexual encounters mentioned in passing.
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of youthful violence and childhood incidents.
Profanity
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Minor obscenities scattered throughout the text.
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Central conversion narrative with baptism, prayer, and Christian faith themes.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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References to anti-Semitism and cultural Jewish identity.
Self-harm / suicide
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Depression, suicidal breakdown, and reaching the brink of suicide described.
Abuse & suffering
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Troubled childhood, domineering father, and family struggles depicted.
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