Casting Out

"Casting Out" explores the author's journey from the Pentecostal world, reconciling evidence-based reasoning with past experiences, and addressing the challenges of raising children without spiritual beliefs. It contemplates the balance between imparting secular values and allowing a child to find their own path.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 100 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2023
Publisher: Guernica Editions,Canada

Casting Out chronicles the author's journey as a boy, progressing through and eventually leaving, as an adult, the Pentecostal world. It aims to bridge the gap between the speaker's current, evidence-based reasoning and the angels and demons of his past. This collection challenges the notion of being loved within a system that the speaker now perceives as both irrational and hateful. The poems delve into the challenges of raising children without spiritual beliefs and ponder the question of whether imparting secular values alone is sufficient as a foundation, or if a child, even if it leans towards the religious tradition the speaker has departed from, should be allowed to forge their own path.

The author's personal experiences and observations are woven seamlessly into the poems, providing a poignant and introspective exploration of the complexities of faith, identity, and the search for meaning. Casting Out offers a thought-provoking examination of the human condition and the complexities of navigating religious and cultural boundaries.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781771837699