Study Guides
If you have a book group or a class reading one of these books, you can find some useful resources here.
And if you have developed a resource or study guide yourself, please share it with us.
And if you have developed a resource or study guide yourself, please share it with us.
"The Four Types of Nones and You"This short study guide can work for one or two discussion sessions on Tired of Apologizing for a Church I Don't Belong To
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"Testimony Worship Guidelines"
A sample set of guidelines from one church that introduced testimony into worship, for use with Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony |
"Chapter by Chapter Study Guide"Reflection questions for each chapter of Tired of Apologizing for a Church I Don't Belong To, for use by individuals or groups
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BOOK REVIEWS
"Sometimes she is biting. Sometimes she is tender and often what she says is stunningly beautiful.”
Bob Abernethy, Executive Editor, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
“Marvelously gritty wit...an impassioned and winning case for why church, community, and formal religious traditions are so integral to creating a fulfilling life. Her ideas are thought provoking and infectious.”
Booklist, Starred Review
“Intelligent, inviting and nurturing, these essays...offer a rich banquet for pastors, lifelong congregants, disaffected Christians, and confused seekers alike.”
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Lillian Daniel has written a book that makes you wish she were your preacher—and that you could be seated next to her at a long, multicourse dinner party.”
James C. Howell, Christian Century Magazine
“When “Spiritual But Not Religious” Is Not Enough is a feast of words—funny, ribald, tiptoeing to the edge of sarcasm, yet full of love and unflinching hope. This isn’t a book so much as a smorgasbord of delicacies, complete with an essay, a brief piece that feels like a blog post gone viral, a lecture, and the sort of op-ed you print and hand to a friend. Daniel’s book might strike a chord with young Christian adults in need of a guide or role model who’s not stuffy, not holier-than-thou and speaks their language...it marks a creative step to bridge cultural divides and share the riches of Christianity with a rising, spiritually curious generation.”
G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor
“Here is why I love Lillian Daniel’s writing: it is honest; it is funny; and it teaches me about Mary and Martha via a yoga class.”
Lauren F. Winner, author of “Girl Meets God”
“You read some things because you have to or need to or ought to. You’ll read Lillian Daniel for the pure pleasure of pitch-perfect writing.”
Brian McLaren, author of "The Great Spiritual Migration"
“There are plenty of books that critique religion. But here’s a good critique of the critics. Lillian is as fed up with bad religion as anyone else, but she’s also careful to celebrate good religion and good spirituality that bring people to life and make the world a better place.”
Shane Claiborne, author and activist
“These days, when a good word for ‘religion’ is seldom heard, Lillian sings a joyful song to faith embodied in the gritty, funny, weird, everydayness of the church. Somehow she manages to be both realistic and encouraging about that which the world facilely dismisses as ‘institutional religion’. Lillian has given us one of the great books on life together in the congregation.”
Will Willimon, United Methodist Bishop, Duke Divinity School
“This is the wonderful, essential Lillian Daniel at her best—earthy, perceptive, devout, tough-minded, angry and laugh-out-loud funny, all in one.”
Bob Abernethy, Executive Editor, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
"In short, this book is a very honest confession of how much Lillian Daniel needs church, as well as how tired she is of having to defend her religiosity to liberals who don’t feel the same need, and who are narcissistic enough to think all religion is therefore for suckers."
Kate Blanchard, Religion Dispatches
