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Beschreibung
Gold Medal Winner - 2026 Illumination Book Awards

He didn't lose his faith.
He sacrificed the truth to keep it.

John Wilson built his life on obedience.

Raised in the rural Deep South-poor and abused-he found refuge in a fire-and-brimstone Pentecostal church. There, safety meant conformity. Identity was something to discipline. Desire was something to overcome.

So he did exactly what he was taught to do.

He became a pastor-preaching a truth that wasn't true.
A husband-building a life on a promise that broke them both.
A father-determined to stay, no matter the cost.

And buried the part of himself his faith condemned, but couldn't erase.

For years, it worked.

When the truth finally surfaced, it didn't just threaten his faith-it destroyed everything built on top of it.

What followed wasn't a fall from grace.
It was a psychological unraveling.

And the question that remained was more dangerous than doubt:
What if the thing that saved you... was also the thing that cost you your life?

Straight to Hell is a memoir of faith, identity, and the cost of choosing belief over truth.

For readers of Boy Erased and Educated.

Now a clinical psychologist, Dr. John Wilson returns to the ruins to make meaning of what was lost-and to help others reclaim what was taken.

Includes a discussion guide for book clubs and personal reflection.
Gold Medal Winner - 2026 Illumination Book Awards

He didn't lose his faith.
He sacrificed the truth to keep it.

John Wilson built his life on obedience.

Raised in the rural Deep South-poor and abused-he found refuge in a fire-and-brimstone Pentecostal church. There, safety meant conformity. Identity was something to discipline. Desire was something to overcome.

So he did exactly what he was taught to do.

He became a pastor-preaching a truth that wasn't true.
A husband-building a life on a promise that broke them both.
A father-determined to stay, no matter the cost.

And buried the part of himself his faith condemned, but couldn't erase.

For years, it worked.

When the truth finally surfaced, it didn't just threaten his faith-it destroyed everything built on top of it.

What followed wasn't a fall from grace.
It was a psychological unraveling.

And the question that remained was more dangerous than doubt:
What if the thing that saved you... was also the thing that cost you your life?

Straight to Hell is a memoir of faith, identity, and the cost of choosing belief over truth.

For readers of Boy Erased and Educated.

Now a clinical psychologist, Dr. John Wilson returns to the ruins to make meaning of what was lost-and to help others reclaim what was taken.

Includes a discussion guide for book clubs and personal reflection.
Über den Autor
John Wesley Wilson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, award-winning author, and former Evangelical pastor whose work confronts the cost of belonging when it requires self-erasure.Raised in poverty and abuse in the Deep South, he found refuge in Pentecostal Christianity-until his sexual orientation emerged and faith demanded denial. Believing obedience would bring healing, he married, became a father, and entered the ministry, preaching against the very truth he was [...] decades of repression, his inner world collapsed, becoming the catalyst for a painful-and ultimately liberating-awakening.Blending psychological insight with lived experience, John now helps others recover from religious trauma, identity shame, and spiritual abuse. His award-winning memoir, Straight to Hell, offers a searing and compassionate account of what happens when faith and truth collide-and the freedom that [...] lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he maintains a private therapy practice and continues to write and speak on faith deconstruction and psychological healing.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9798999389312
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wilson, John Wesley
Hersteller: Lazarus House Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: John Wesley Wilson
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.06.2025
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
Artikel-ID: 133672243

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