Suzanne Strempek Shea

SUNDAYS IN AMERICA: A YEARLONG ROAD TRIP IN SEARCH OF CHRISTIAN FAITH is the chronicle of Shea's year of visiting a different non-Catholic Christian church every Sunday for a year, from coast to coast and in between, from Baptist Easter in Harlem, to a sing-along at the Cowboy Church in Colorado, to ... (more)Joel Osteen's multimedia experience at the largest church in the country.

Suzanne Strempek Shea, winner of the 2000 New England Book Award for Fiction, is the author of five novels. Sundays in America is a spirited, spiritual pilgrimage to different Christian churches for a year of Sundays—from storefronts to mega-churches, from Massachusetts to Maui.
When Pope John Paul ... (more)II died, Suzanne Strempek Shea, who had turned away from the Catholic Church of her childhood, recognized in his mourners a faith-filled passion that she wanted to recapture. She set out on a yearlong venture to visit a different church every Sunday for a year—a journey that would take her through the broad spectrum of contemporary Christianity lived in this country, from her New England home to the West Coast, the Deep South, the Midwest, and even to Hawaii.

Beginning with a rousing Baptist Easter service in Harlem, including a sing-along at the Cowboy Church in Colorado's Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and a multimedia experience at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, the largest church in the country, Shea approaches each congregation with the curiosity of a newcomer and with respect for each unique expression of faith. Sundays in America weaves the threads of Christianity in America into a vibrant tapestry, an essential guide for those seeking a new house for their worship, as well as a colorful road trip for the armchair explorer.
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