Asian American Apostate: Losing Religion And Finding Myself At An Evangelical University - 9781957687131

When Scott Okamoto took a job as an English teacher at a conservative Christian college, he had no idea he'd be thrust into a tightly woven world of racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, purity culture, and prosperity gospel. An Asian American who was raised as an evangelical, Scott had little idea just how extreme, and how White, this culture could be. He discovers that by simply wanting to be a professor of integrity in the face of anti-intellectualism and bigotry, that he's the wrong race, has the wrong attitude, and is the wrong Christian. Deftly written to weave personal story, racial identity, and cultural commentary into a trenchant and disturbingly funny expose, The Wrong Christian tells an ironic story of leaving American Christianity-while teaching at an evangelical university. His book will help readers see that these institutions, where populist theological debate and prayer erupts in classes of any subject, are anything but "higher education." From the awkward moment when a parent attended their child's class and argued against interracial marriage because it causes painful pregnancies, to grading a paper entitled, "Why Obama Is a Nazi", and to the many times Scott was disciplined by school officials simply for standing up for good writing, you'll get the inside story of what is going on at America's Christian colleges. And you'll read along as Scott clandestinely discovers new freedom and identity giving communities arising in our world today, some hidden in the midst of an increasingly right wing "university."Read along as Scott tells his unlikely spiritual journey, bringing together an evangelical past, and an Asian American experience, with a contemporary world of Christian evangelicalism. The Wrong Christian brings a level of storytelling and description that will immerse readers in our sometimes-tragic struggles and pining for identity and community, and the hope that can come on the other side.

• | Author: Scott Okamoto
• | Publisher: Lake Drive Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 18, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1957687134
• | ISBN-13: 9781957687131