Memoirs with religious themes: A sampler

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Edmund Gosse, Father and Son
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Patricia Hampl, Virgin Time
Gillian Rose, Love’s Work
Lauren Winner, Girl Meets God
Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart
Heidi Neumark, Breathing Space
Peter C. Phan and Jung Young Lee, editors, Journeys at the Margin
Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
Timothy Tyson, Blood Done Sign My Name
Stanley Hauerwas, Hannah’s Child
Garret Keizer, A Dresser of Sycamore Trees
Darcey Steinke, Easter Everywhere
Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church
Julia Kasdorf, The Body and the Book
Reynolds Price, A Whole New Life
Howard Thurman, With Head and Heart
Simone Weil, Waiting for God