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The Resource Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper

Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper

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Summary
  • The activist and TED speaker Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, her life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization
  • At the age of five, Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. She became the church's Twitter spokeswoman, but dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church's leaders and message. Here she relates her moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. -- adapted from jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Contents
  • The quarrel of the Covenant
  • The bounds of our habitation
  • The wars of the Lord
  • The tongue is a fire
  • The lust of the flesh
  • The appearance of evil
  • Ye shall be judged
  • Strangers and pilgrims
  • Lift up thy voice
Isbn
9780374275839
Instance
Label
Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Title
Unfollow
Title remainder
a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
Statement of responsibility
Megan Phelps-Roper
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • The activist and TED speaker Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, her life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization
  • At the age of five, Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. She became the church's Twitter spokeswoman, but dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church's leaders and message. Here she relates her moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. -- adapted from jacket
Tone
Writing style
Biography type
autobiography
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10815962
Cataloging source
DLC
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1986-
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Phelps-Roper, Megan
Dewey number
  • 286/.5
  • B
  • 279.65
Index
no index present
LC call number
BX6495.P475
LC item number
A3 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Phelps-Roper, Megan
  • Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka, Kan.)
  • Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka, Kan.)
  • Ex-church members
  • Christianity and politics
  • Toleration
  • Religious tolerance
  • Christianity and politics
  • Religious tolerance
  • United States
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a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
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Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper
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Contents
The quarrel of the Covenant -- The bounds of our habitation -- The wars of the Lord -- The tongue is a fire -- The lust of the flesh -- The appearance of evil -- Ye shall be judged -- Strangers and pilgrims -- Lift up thy voice
Control code
on1100424756
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Isbn
9780374275839
Lccn
2019018856
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029519628
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(OCoLC)1100424756
Label
Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The quarrel of the Covenant -- The bounds of our habitation -- The wars of the Lord -- The tongue is a fire -- The lust of the flesh -- The appearance of evil -- Ye shall be judged -- Strangers and pilgrims -- Lift up thy voice
Control code
on1100424756
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
289 pages
Isbn
9780374275839
Lccn
2019018856
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40029519628
System control number
(OCoLC)1100424756

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