Girl Meets God (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Lauren F. Winner
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Autobiography and religion
- Time of Work: 1977-2000
- Setting: Asheville, North Carolina; Charlottesville, Virginia; New York City; Cambridge, England
- Principal Characters: Lauren F. Winner, Randi, Steven, Hannah, Milind Sojwal, Jo Bailey Wells
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Virginia, 1970’s, New York, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, New York City, Religion, 1980’s, Jews or Jewish life, Christianity, Women, North Carolina, Faith, Spiritualism, Single people, 1990’s, Judaism, Theology, Religious life, Church or churches, Protestantism or Protestant churches, Episcopal church, 2000’s
- Locales: New York, NY, Charlottesville, VA, Cambridge, England, Asheville, NC
Religion occupies a unique place in American society. Although separation of church and state assures a secular culture, most Americans identify with some form of religion. Americans take an individualistic view of their religious practices. The result is a virtual “supermarket” of religious options, and Americans are accustomed to “shopping” in this religious marketplace in search of the religious or spiritual path that they feel suits them best. Girl Meets God, twenty-five-year-old Lauren Winner’s account of her relatively youthful spiritual journey as she seeks to...
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