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From Apostle to Apostate is a new, in depth, look at the Clergy Project by Catherine Dunphy who is one of its original members. The Clergy Project is an organization devoted to helping clergy members who no longer hold to supernatural beliefs. While I have read a few books that talk about the Clergy Project, none have gone into the depth that Catherine does. Not only does she share he own experience, but also shares insightful interviews from former and current members. Catherine also details the founding of the Clergy Project and includes interviews with those who contributed its formation including Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins, Dannel Dennet, and Linda LaScola among others. I love how she concludes the book by discussing the unique contribution that former clergy can and have made to the secular movement in terms of community building.

I strongly recommend this book to any nonbeliever whether they are former clergy or not. I think it is a fascinating read about an important organization devoted to helping nonbelieving clergy struggle with a unique and very difficult situation. It is also a very well written book. The book is well laid out to take the reader through the journey of the formation of the Clergy Project and Catherine’s own personal journey and shows that there is hope at the end of that journey. Catherine is also and excellent writer articulating her thoughts with a skill that I wish I had.


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From Apostle to Apostate The Story of the Clergy Project Catherine Dunphy Richard Dawkins Books Reviews

An excellent book. Easy to read. Will appeal to anyone who has risked losing 'community' and belonging through choosing to be a leader and not a follower in their own life.
great book
Well written.
Excellent account of the process of looking honestly for the answers and, without realizing or wanting to, finding one's way out of faith. I found this very helpful and truly inspiring.
What I like most about this book and what made me pick it up are the stories. I love delving in the story of the believer as they fall away from their faith. I absolutely find this genre of literature fascinating and can gorge myself on this type of reading alot.

The book focuses mostly on the deconversion of Catherine Dunphy; she touches on the triggers that caused her doubts to surface and the subsequent process of moving from a life devoted to faith and to the position of the faithless. Her deconversion story was fascinating and what was note worthy was how feminist ideas led to her devaluing her Catholic faith. Being a male who went through a deconversion, the different experiences of men and women that occur due to the Christian faith didn't really factor into my deconversion. So the fact that this factored into why Catherine left opened my eyes to yet another shortcoming of Christianity.

A good portion of the book is focused on the Clergy Project as well. The Clergy Project is focused on helping unbelieving clergy members (pastors, priests, imams, rabis, etc.) find community among others like themselves and to make the transition into secular professiona. The book also delves into some of the stories of the Clergy Project members. Many of these stories were outright sad and served as testaments to the negative influence of religion.

The discussion about the Clergy Project was informative and gave you a new appreciation for the struggles of unbelieving clergy members.

One of my critiques of this book is at times Catherine gets pretty repetitive. She also seems to take simple topics that could be accurately captured in a few well-written pages and drag them out over a chapter or two.

But despite these flaws, if you are looking for deconversion stories or just want to understand the formation of the Clergy Project this book will give you that.
An intellectual and meticulously written book. The personal element of Catherine's journey is vulnerable, raw, and so brave. No doubt many will find strength in the community created by the Clergy Project and the Author's story. But the book is about much more than this. Believer or not, the book raises great questions that should be asked by all denominations and secularists. It challenges dogma and encourages the reader to question "Am I living an honest life?"
There is no ranting in this book, only a walk-through of the author's gradual but definite realization that certain things that we were taught as children are "not necessarily so". Well written, and well-paced.
From Apostle to Apostate is a new, in depth, look at the Clergy Project by Catherine Dunphy who is one of its original members. The Clergy Project is an organization devoted to helping clergy members who no longer hold to supernatural beliefs. While I have read a few books that talk about the Clergy Project, none have gone into the depth that Catherine does. Not only does she share he own experience, but also shares insightful interviews from former and current members. Catherine also details the founding of the Clergy Project and includes interviews with those who contributed its formation including Dan Barker, Richard Dawkins, Dannel Dennet, and Linda LaScola among others. I love how she concludes the book by discussing the unique contribution that former clergy can and have made to the secular movement in terms of community building.

I strongly recommend this book to any nonbeliever whether they are former clergy or not. I think it is a fascinating read about an important organization devoted to helping nonbelieving clergy struggle with a unique and very difficult situation. It is also a very well written book. The book is well laid out to take the reader through the journey of the formation of the Clergy Project and Catherine’s own personal journey and shows that there is hope at the end of that journey. Catherine is also and excellent writer articulating her thoughts with a skill that I wish I had.