#michelle pentecost

[porterdavis]

Back home again in Indiana

Micah Beckwith, a Pentecostal pastor, podcaster and self-described Christian nationalist ... was just chosen (as GOP lieutenant-governor)

“We are in a season of war right now,” Beckwith said on a right-wing Christian podcast called “For the King.” “People need to wake up, or else this mental and heart battle that we find ourselves in culturally, it will lead to bullets and bombs. It’s just a matter of time.”

 Michelle Goldberg, NY Times Opinion

[ivankahasbeentreatedsounfairly]

By Michelle Goldberg July 26, 2024

In “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2016 memoir that made JD Vance a celebrity, he described constantly remaking his childhood self to fit the rotating cast of father figures his unsound mother brought into their lives. “With Steve, a midlife-crisis sufferer with an earring to prove it, I pretended earrings were cool — so much so that he thought it appropriate to pierce my ear,” Vance wrote. “With Chip, an alcoholic police officer who saw my earring as a sign of ‘girlieness,’ I had thick skin and loved police cars. With Ken, an odd man who proposed to Mom three days into their relationship, I was a kind brother to his two children.”

Vance’s yearning for a father is a constant theme in the book, as is his willingness to rationalize the flaws of the men he looks up to. At one point, he is reunited with his biological father, who gave him up for adoption when he was in kindergarten. The women in Vance’s life — not just his mother, but also his beloved sister, grandmother and aunt — told him that his dad had been “mean” and abusive, but he doesn’t believe it, preferring to think that there had only been “a bit of pushing, some plate throwing, but nothing more.”

His father was a devoted Pentecostal, and for a time Vance gave up his Black Sabbath CDs and became one, too. “I’m not sure if I liked the structure or if I just wanted to share in something that was important to him — both, I suppose — but I became a devoted convert,” he wrote.

“Devoted convert” may be the role he inhabits most naturally. In 2016 Vance speculated that Donald Trump might be “America’s Hitler.” Now he’s his running mate. A lot has been written trying to understand Vance’s ideological journey, but at least part of the story seems to be hiding in plain sight in his book. In attaching himself to the most bellicose patriarch he can find, he’s re-enacting a childhood pattern.

There is, of course, nothing inherently pathological about changing one’s political views. Vance, however, swapped out not just his beliefs but his entire public persona in just a few short years. “Hillbilly Elegy” contains an indictment of “conspiracy-mongers and fringe lunatics” who spread lies about Barack Obama’s religion and birthplace. And it laments the corrosive cynicism that led many in his white working-class community to embrace these falsehoods.

Vance presented their views as self-defeating: “We can’t trust the evening news. We can’t trust our politicians. Our universities, the gateway to a better life, are rigged against us,” he wrote, adding, “You can’t believe these things and participate meaningfully in society.”

Now Vance promotes all these things. He’s argued that Alex Jones is more trustworthy than Rachel Maddow and that Joe Biden may be intentionally flooding the country with fentanyl to kill off MAGA voters. He gave a speech in 2021 titled, “The Universities Are the Enemy.”

Vance’s new worldview can be explained in part by opportunism: He was anti-Trump at a time when Trumpism seemed likely to fail. And he’s said he was “red-pilled” by the cultural upheavals of 2020, a common enough phenomenon, especially in the Silicon Valley circles he travels in. But there is something particularly extreme about Vance’s transformation, suggesting he hasn’t left behind the mutability that once served as a survival strategy.

As Gabriel Winant wrote in a perceptive essay in the journal N+1, “Hillbilly Elegy” is fundamentally a book about unresolved trauma. In one of the book’s final moments, Vance gains some insight into his own behavior by reading up on “adverse childhood experiences,” or ACEs. Kids who endure violent and chaotic childhoods like his, he wrote, “become hard-wired for conflict. And that wiring remains, even when there’s no more conflict to be had.”

His upbringing had taught him that “disagreements were war, and you played to win the game.” Understanding this, he wrote, helped him navigate his relationship with his wife, Usha. But he seems to have stopped there, rather than reckon with how his pugilistic instincts shape his approach to the wider world.

In 2020, Vance wrote an essay detailing his journey from Pentecostalism through the new atheism of Christopher Hitchens and finally into Catholicism. He portrayed his young adult rejection of religion as essentially mimetic, something he absorbed from his university surroundings rather than decided on for himself. One of the things that brought him back to religion was meeting the right-wing venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who would eventually become a patron. Thiel “was possibly the smartest person I’d ever met, but he was also a Christian,” Vance wrote. Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019. By then, he’d become part of a new conservative elite in which many leading intellectual figures were also Catholic.

Now this person of unusual suggestibility has become second in command to a first-order demagogue, giving himself over to MAGA theology. As Mother Jones reported on Thursday, Vance recently endorsed a new book called “Unhumans,” co-written by the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, which demonizes progressives as nonpeople who must be crushed by extra-democratic means. “Our study of history has brought us to this conclusion: Democracy has never worked to protect innocents from the unhumans,” the book’s co-writers say.

It is perhaps not surprising that Vance has ended up in this milieu. Authoritarian personalities, as the German social psychologist Erich Fromm argued, long to dominate, but they long just as much to submit.

[the-chomsky-hash]

[A. Jaspers - cont'd]

5. The Calling of Christianity to Itself, Based on the Thought of Nietzsche

It is not a question of showing how Nietzsche did not know

how to go beyond the Christian horizon

how it is necessary to go beyond Christianity in order to go beyond Nietzsche

Rather, it is a question how it is necessary, starting from Nietzsche as the limit of Christianity, to remind him of himself. That is to say, Nietzsche must be

like an Epiphany

or rather like a Pentecost of Christianity

Even the overcoming of Christianity whose impulse Nietzsche turns against Christianity itself, this overcoming must be both

purification

a way back

We pass

from the elucidation of the existential meaning of historicity

to the interpretation of the Philosophieren

How can this return be accomplished?

a. By becoming aware first of all of the point where Nietzsche decides his atheism.

i. Atheism, indeed, is like Revelation:

—[atheism] is not

an attitude

a philosophical option

—atheism is a reality: the content of what the world says about itself, in the vocabulary of

rationality

explanation

causality

– Michel Foucault, The Aim of Anthropology, (Nietzsche's Interpreters), d'apres La Question Anthropologique, Cours 1954-1955, edited by Ariana Sforzini

[ntgospel]

Raquel Mello convida Willian Nascimento para dueto inédito em “Marcas de um Lutador”

Confira a novidade em https://ntgospel.com/musica-gospel/raquel-mello-convida-willian-nascimento-para-dueto-inedito-em-marcas-de-um-lutador

Raquel Mello convida Willian Nascimento para dueto inédito em “Marcas de um Lutador”

Com quase 30 anos de carreira e diversos álbuns e singles lançados, a cantora e compositora Raquel Mello apresenta sua nova música de trabalho pela Central Gospel Music. Parte do cast da gravadora desde 2007, ela lança o single “Marcas de um Lutador” em todas as plataformas digitais.

Produzida por Leandro Simões, com quem Raquel já trabalhou em outros projetos, a música é uma composição de Dimael Kharrara, que escreveu canções para Cassiane, Fernanda Brum, Cristina Mel, Gerson Rufino e outros.

– “Marcas de um Lutador” traz a mensagem de que em Cristo somos mais que vencedores. Quero lembrar que a caminhada com Jesus é estreita e vai exigir comprometimento e ânimo. Espero atingir um maior número de pessoas que também não conhecem ainda meu trabalho musical e meu ministério. Podem esperar uma canção que tem muita verdade do que vivemos – declara a cantora.

Para abrilhantar ainda mais o novo single, Raquel Mello faz um dueto com Wilian Nascimento. Amigos de longa data, é a primeira vez que os dois se unem em um projeto musical. O cantor faz parte da Família Nascimento, que é uma das mais tradicionais no estilo pentecostal e conta com outros membros como Rose, Tuca, Marcelo, Mattos, Marquinhos, Gisele e Michelle Nascimento.

– Já havia em meu coração a vontade de gravar com a Raquel e quando surgiu essa oportunidade fiquei muito feliz Cantar com quem sabe deixa tudo perfeito. ⁠Acho que o público vai gostar muito, pois é uma música que fala do quanto Deus nos ama e jamais vai desistir de nós. ⁠Não vejo a hora das pessoas ouvirem e serem impactadas com essa letra forte e linda demais – afirma Wilian.

Juntamente com o áudio nos aplicativos de música, “Marcas de um Lutador” ganhou um videoclipe que está disponível no canal da Central Gospel Music no YouTube. As imagens foram captadas na Igreja UNITED, em Jacarepaguá, na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro, com direção de Filipe Dias, da DMS Filmes, responsável por outros clipes do cast da gravadora.

– O clipe ficou maravilhoso com a participação do público que se envolveu de uma maneira emocionante. Todos que participaram foram tocados pelo louvor e pela presença do Espírito Santo – finaliza a cantora.

Nascida em um lar evangélico, a pernambucana Raquel Mello começou a cantar aos quatro anos de idade nos cultos domésticos e na igreja onde congregava. Em 1996, ela foi revelada ao grande público como integrante do grupo Kades Singers, com quem lançou seis álbuns. Três anos depois, ela se lançou em carreira solo e fez sucesso com a canção “Minha Gratidão”, que deu nome ao seu primeiro álbum.

Com sete álbuns e seis singles lançados, Raquel Mello conta com mais de 100 mil seguidores nas redes sociais, somando Facebook, Instagram e YouTube, onde tem mais de sete milhões de visualizações. No Spotify, ela apresenta mais de 250 mil ouvintes mensais, onde um de seus maiores sucessos na plataforma é a canção “Quero Descer”, que traz a participação de Nani Azevedo e tem mais de 13 milhões de plays.

Ouça o dueto de Raquel Mello e Wilian Nascimento na canção “Marcas de um Lutador” nas plataformas digitais: 

https://onerpm.link/raquelemelloewilannascimento

Assista ao clipe de “Marcas de um Lutador”, com Raquel Mello e Wilian Nascimento, no YouTube: 

[silneyreal]

Michelle Bolsonaro discursa na Paulista: "Chegou o momento da libertação" AQUELE QUE NUNCA PERDEU UMA CAUSA O DEUS PENTECOSTAL CAPACHO PESSOAL SÓ NAO MATOU VIRUS COM JEJUM NACIONAL NEM REELEGEU O MINTO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[rejo1ced]

#REJO1CED: an independent original character roleplay blog. written by avery , twenty - four , she / they , cst. triggering themes will be present , follow at your own risk.

a study in: escaping your past , discovering yourself , music making life mater , desiring to fit in , self - destruction , addiction , battling with your religion , &. much much more.

affliated with : @crushsung

LINKS : headcanons. playlist. pinterest.

RULES :

001 ; this is an independent &. private writing blog for an original character , all graphics found are created by me-- activity is considered low to medium 002 ; mature &. triggering content will appear on this blog. said content will be tagged as either ' cw ' &. / or ' tw '. if you need anything tagged , please don't hesitate to reach out and let me know. 003 ; this blog is heavily plot focused. plotting is the best way to get interactions going with me , as i find it the easiest way to connect to our muses and get things started. ims are always open to mutuals. inbox memes will be treated as starters ; feel free to reply to any of them. 004 ; the general dni applies here on my blog , if you are an individual who writes / supports topics like homophobia , transphobia , racism , sexism , and other gross behaviors , i will not hesitate to hard block. 005 ; ships are one of my favorite things , but with that being said , i'm only down to ship if their is chemistry between our muses. don't hesitate though to reach out if you're interested in shipping! 006 ; i've recently become a fulltime stay at home parent , and i'm still learning how to balance that with my other priorities. that means i may not always be around. my real life is always my top priority and that means my activity may vary drastically. I just ask that you please be patient with me.

STATS / TEMPORARY BIO:

name. dylan michelle price nicknames / aliases. professionally know as dylan price , but friends call her dyl or d. gender. cis woman. pronouns. she / they. birthday. september 12th , 1998 ( verse dependent ). age. verse dependent , 25 - 27. sexuality. lesbian. current location. new york city , new york. birthplace. huntsville , alabama. spoken languages. english ( fluent ) , spanish ( fluent ). education. high school graduate with some college , went for two years studying music. occupation. struggling musician trying to make it. faceclaim. liv hewson voiceclaim. julien baker. eye color. dark blue. hair color. strawberry blonde. body type. slim , almost too thin due to her addictions. height. 5' 4" scent. cigarette smoke , wears old spice krakengaurd deodorant and body spray. tattoos / piercings. tba. just know she's covered in them. personality. appears aloof , quiet , passionate , distant , thoughtful , caring.

dylan price has always fought with her religion-- she grew up in the south . she was raised in a pentecostal church , and with an love for music from an early age , it was no surprise when she joined the churches praise band. christian music is an obvious influence in her own personal music. her new single rejoice is the perfect example of it. but , that's not all that her religion has influenced. from an early age , dylan knew she was a lesbian , she recalls when she realized , after a middle school soccer game , she was sitting in the back of the bus with her then best friend ( she made sure to exclude her name and wouldn't budge on the details ) held her hand. dylan describes it as your vision clearing after you get glasses for the first time. seeing the leaves in trees and not just blobs of color. this revaluation though , led to inner turmoil-- was the way she was enough? did her god , the one she worshipped now hate her because of who she loved? this struggle eventually led to her leaving the church and her hometown of huntsville.

the next step for dylan, she recalls was scary-- newly eighteen she loaded up in her in her 1997 subaru outback ( a detail she said she couldn't leave out. ) with everything she owned , two suitcases of clothes and an old guitar , and set of to new york with her then girlfriend ( we tried to press for this information too , but she did not budge ). the next years of her life were filled with struggle. dylan faced joblessness in new york , as well as homelessness , an addiction to cocaine as well as many other drugs-- she says this was the worst time of her life, her mental health was spiraling and she attempted to end her life two times. she said she never expected to make it past the age of 23-- and luckily that wasn't true.

at twenty - four , dylan's music career started to make bounds. former musican , liddell , discovered and vouched for the budding musician when she discovered a video of dylan covering one of her songs. this support led to her being picked up by an up and coming indie record label lavender songbird records , and the creation of her first album eye to eye's release.

[gazeta24br]

A cantora Débora Cordeiro lançou recentemente o seu primeiro single, “Seja Forte e Corajoso”, com a participação de Michelle Nascimento. Foi por meio de uma visão espiritual que a artista cristã se inspirou para compor sua música de estreia, que já está disponível em todos os aplicativos de música e pode ser conferido por meio do link a seguir: https://onerpm.link/sejaforteecorajoso Débora Cordeiro estava passando por um período de deserto espiritual em sua vida. “Foram sete meses fazendo perguntas a Deus sobre o que eu estava passando e Deus em silêncio”, relata. Neste processo, Deus levantou intercessoras. Sua mãe, Maria do Socorro Lucena, sua cunhada Carmem Oliveira e a amiga Luciane Silva. “Um dia no balcão da minha cozinha tomando um café, estava ouvindo a canção ‘Começo, Meio e Fim’ da Julia Vitória e comecei a chorar. Falei para Deus que eu ainda O amava, mesmo Ele estando em silêncio”, continua. “Foi quando subi para o segundo andar da minha casa e tive a visão de um quadro onde estava escrito ‘Seja Forte e Corajoso’. Comecei a ouvir o começo da canção com melodia e tudo. Peguei meu celular e gravei aquilo que ouvi. Deus falou para abrir no Salmo 91 e foi assim que Ele terminou de me entregar o coro e a ponte da música. Nunca tinha acontecido isso comigo, mas me lembrei de uma promessa feita há oito anos, que iria descer uma caneta dourada do céu e eu iria compor louvores”, explica. Participação de Michelle Nascimento Para deixar essa mensagem ainda mais potente, Débora Cordeiro convidou a cantora Michelle Nascimento em um dueto. “Ela ministrou em minha igreja e cantei com ela. Entendi que nossos ministérios e estilos são bem parecidos. Em comunhão, enquanto tomávamos um café junto com a Pra. Cristina Ferreira, alguém que insistiu para que eu apresentasse a canção à Michelle, e ao ouvi-la, ela amou e aceitou”, narra. Canção de batalha Para Michelle Nascimento, o single “Seja Forte e Corajoso” é uma canção de batalha. “Fiquei muito feliz de ter também produzido a música, junto com o meu pai, Tuca Nascimento, para a Débora. Ficamos super felizes de ter visto um resultado grandioso, lindo. A música ficou muito forte. A produção, o backing, ela cantando. Eu gostaria muito que Deus falasse aos corações das pessoas que vão ouvir essa música. Uma canção realmente de batalha”, diz a cantora. “A gente tem enfrentado batalhas espirituais a cada dia. E realmente precisamos viver Efésios 6. Temos de estar com as armaduras de Deus para fugir das ciladas do diabo e vencer o maligno em oração. Em busca e adoração ao Senhor, vigilante em todo o tempo, a gente vai vencendo cada dia, até a volta de Cristo”, complementa Michelle Nascimento. Clipe gravado nos EUA O videoclipe de “Seja Forte e Corajoso” foi gravado em duas locações. A primeira foi com os músicos, na Faith Christian School (Summerville, South Carolina) e a outra locação foi no USS Yorktown, um museu no Patriots Point (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina). “Conseguimos liberação para gravar enquanto tinha pessoas no museu. Esse era um navio que fez parte da Segunda Guerra Mundial e ele ficava em Pearl Harbor, no Havai”, destaca Débora Cordeiro. Conheça a cantora Débora Cordeiro Natural de João Pessoa (PB), hoje Débora Cordeiro mora em Goose Creek, na Carolina do Sul (EUA). Amante do gênero pentecostal, é casada com o pastor Jerônimo Cordeiro Junior e mãe de Sarah (8), Samuel (7) e Ana Isabella (1). Desde criança ama louvar a Deus e já participava dos corais. Mas, foi aos 18 anos que ela começou a cantar solo, além de participar de grupos de louvor. Seus maiores incentivadores foram sua mãe e esposo. Além de cantora, atua como missionária na Iglesia Cristiana Puerta del Cielo, presidida pelos pastores Xavier Fontanez e Iris Cotto. Cresceu ouvindo o CD “Com Muito Louvor” de Cassiane e falava que um dia ia cantar na igreja. “Com 13 anos, fui para a igreja ADM Marietta na cidade de Goose Creek com uma amiga e líder do coral (Morgana Bezerra), que me levava e buscava todos os dias para a igreja.

Sempre que precisava, ela estava à disposição. E ali aceitei Jesus, no estacionamento mesmo. Comecei a cantar no coral de jovens (Maranata) e participei do ministério de coreografia (Shekkinah). Conheci Jesus muito rápido, me batizei com 14 e no mesmo ano fui batizada com o Espírito Santo. Vivi fortes experiências com Deus, mas me afastei aos 15 por causa de uma palavra e voltei às velhas práticas”, conta. E foi aos 18 anos que Débora Cordeiro teve um profundo encontro com Deus. “Ele me chamou de volta e ali fui acolhida e discipulada pelos pastores Marcos e Luciane Muniz. Desde então, sirvo ao Senhor”, lembra. Ouça o single “Seja Forte e Corajoso”, de Débora Cordeiro e Michelle Nascimento, nas plataformas digitais: https://onerpm.link/sejaforteecorajoso Assista ao videoclipe “Seja Forte e Corajoso”, de Débora Cordeiro e Michelle Nascimento, no YouTube: https://youtu.be/icADKumJyb4?si=XtSpQ5bym5urCdxd Acompanhe o ministério da cantora Débora Cordeiro no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deboracordeirooficial/ Acompanhe a cantora Michelle Nascimento no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellenasc/

[cupcakegalaxia]

Sure! So Hillsong is apart of the NAR or New Apostolic Reformation groups where they believe apostles, prophets and miracles are for today. In that, apostles and prophets now possess the authority to give direct extra biblical revelations from God and that experience take precedent over the message of Scripture. However, NAR is really a version of the Word of Faith doctrine with their emphasis on visions, prophecy, possessing ones inheritance, revival, spiritual warfare, and prosperity gospel. Now some of these concepts are biblical like spiritual warfare and revival but it is the theological once sided interpretation of them that are the issue.

This can lead to massive spiritual abuse and manipulation towards born again Christians as they are told they must feel and experience the Holy Spirit, causing rampant emotionalism. Or that they are told they have demons of every kind and must receive deliverance which makes God out to be weak and ineffective to protect His own flock.

Now concerning the music, most of Hillsong's music follows the Pentecostal 'Praise and Worship' method where believers will "enter the presence of God" with a very high emphasis on "physical expressiveness and intensity." This leads to the emotionalism which makes people more susceptible to whatever is being said in both lyrics or words.

However, when churches sing their songs, they are actually bringing the theology into their churches. Music embodies ideas and Hillsong is no different -- they embody the theological beliefs and weave them into the songs. Even if they have songs that are theological sounding, they are not. They only put as much theology to past the sniff test then boom, people just accept it.

As Spurgon said, "There is a difference between right and almost right."

And this isn't even getting into the sexual abuse allegations that Hillsong's co-founder Brian Houston covered up (which somehow he got acquitted of ). I recommend looking at Michelle Lesley's site, she has a lot of great resources specifically for Christian women on this.

Hill 👏 song 👏 is 👏 not 👏 a 👏 bib-lic-al 👏 CHURCH 👏

[bisexual-yuri]

yes this is obnoxious by open mike eagle i hope this helps

Pentecost, Bitch.

drop it like she's hot, rae ma

google it latin roots in my phone you are a monster from my lover mir che mi amorcito lover of my riquito lover of my bad ego augh awoo q loiver love her michelle not my bell redheaded in hell sara the jelly fish girl, princess in hell farling frúlingh You know how tyo sing odal in the ring #poetry

Message #sharing

the beast is getting close with two backs

I want you back

fuck me in the crack

grab me by the racks

laugh

fuck

on the tracks

burn the shoes on thew ire 

fire

fyre allison get out 

the beast is getting close with two backs

I want you backuck me in the crack

grab me by the racks laugh

fuck on the tracks

burn the shoes on thew ire

fire fyre allison get out

trapped in the screen

she's so obscene

it's just a game you play with me and my trimeline

you know your'e so unkind

each missed apostriphe 

hurting my mind

typos abound

you know how to find me riquito of my love

trapped in mario land with abscond risck katkaya hands

fuck your mans

i am YOUR MANS

guzman memes specifically

#788

#99

#799

#bk99

#bk

#brooklun

#00

#chce widziec swoje kosci

#logan ash

#or you

#speaking

#from my help

#auroro

#my phone

#aurora

#he will see this

#there is no cure for this

#he knows me

#but i dont know

#my life

#my love

#from my arms into the arms of yours

#our souls

#mortal kombat

#korean

#komik

#sami zayn

#az do kosci

#kevin owens

#kelley o'hara

[superelphie]

23 West End actresses who have played Elphaba or Glinda in the multi-award-winning smash-hit musical WICKED have reunited to perform a stunning rendition of the show’s ‘For Good’ to support the Make a Difference Trust Covid 19 Emergency Appeal Fund to support those in the theatre community suffering hardship because of the coronavirus crisis. 

[paradise-bi-the-dashboard-lightt]

because I knew you I have been changed for good (part 2)

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

I agree with you that Wicked needs to cast new people, but let's say if you could only choose from past Elphaba/Glinda's who would you pick?

Granted a few of these women have aged out.

Elphaba:Alexia KhadimeAlison LuffBrandi Chavonne MasseyCha Ji-YeonChelsea Emma FrankoColeen SextonDan'yelle WilliamsonDanna PaolaDee RoscioliKennedy CaughellLindsay MendezMegumi HamadaMichelle PentecostNatalie McQueenOck Joo-HyunPark Hye-NaSabrina WeckerlinShayla BeckShoshana BeanStephanie J. Block

Glinda:Annaleigh AshfordGina BeckJeanna De WaalJillian ButlerKatie Rose ClarkeLauren Ashley ZakrinLouise DearmanMegan HiltySara Jean FordTiffany Haas

[fairleyandmanville]

Headshot of Michelle Fairley in Pentecost (1990)

[silneyreal]

Malafaia PIROU de VEZ, ACABOU a MAMATA bolsonarista

[nedlittle]

[alt]

i read a total of 15 books in december (170% of my yearly goal) and 5179 pages (185% of my yearly goal). my favourite was the fitzosbornes at war by michelle cooper, and my least favourite was loch down abbey by beth cowan-erskine.

full breakdown of star ratings and reviews under the cut 🖊📚

loch down abbey by beth cowan-erskine 2⭐ [historical, mystery] [review]

don't look now and other stories by daphne du maurier 3.5⭐ [horror, classics] [review]

the celluloid closet: homosexuality in the movies by vito russo 4.5⭐ [film, queer] [review]

viviana valentine gets her man (viviana valentine #1) by emily j. edwards 3.25⭐ [history, mystery] [review]

bad kids by zijin chen (tr. michelle deeter) 4⭐ [crime, thriller] [review]

trick mirror: reflections on self-delusion by jia tolentino 3.75⭐ [essays] [review]

missing, presumed dead by emma berquist 3.5⭐ [queer, fantasy, ya] [review]

island queen by vanessa riley 3⭐ [historical, romance] [review]

little fish by casey plett 4⭐ [queer, contemporary] [review]

secrets typed in blood (pentecost & parker #3) by stephen spotswood 3.5⭐ [historical, mystery, queer] [review]

northanger abbey by jane austen 3.5⭐ [classics, romance] [review]

ghostland: an american history in haunted places by colin dickey 5⭐ [history, sociology] [review]

the fitzosbornes in exile (the montmaray journals #3) by michelle cooper 5⭐ [historical fiction, ya] [review]

the girls: sappho goes to hollywood by diana mclellan 3⭐ [nonfiction, film] [review]

what the living do: poems by marie howe 3.75⭐ [poetry] [review]

[traumacatholic]

Literature: Introduction To Catholicism

Liturgical Days and Advent:

A Coming Christ in Advent by Raymond E. Brown SS (1988)

A Crucified Christ in Holy Week: Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives by Raymond E. Brown SS (1986)

Advent to Pentecost: Comparing the Seasons in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite by Patrick Regan OSB (2012)

A Once-and-Coming Spirit at Pentecost: Essays on the Liturgical Readings Between Easter and Pentecost by Raymond E. Brown SS (1994)

A Risen Christ in Easter time: Essays on the Gospel Narratives of the Resurrection by Raymond E. Brown SS (1991)

Celebrating a Holy Catholic Easter: A Guide to the Customs and Devotions of Lent and the

Season of Christ’s Resurrection by Rev. William P. Saunders Ph.D. (2020)

Celebrating the Easter Vigil by Rupert Berger (1983)

Celebrating a Merry Catholic Christmas: A Guide to the Customs and Feast Days of Advent and Christmas by Rev. William P. Saunders Ph.D.

Lent and Easter Reflections (Catholic Daily Reflections Series) by John Paul Thomas (2016)

Living the Mysteries: A Guide for Unfinished Christians by Scott Hahn PhD and Mike Aquilia (2003)

Our Father In Gethsemane: Thoughts for the Holy Hour by Francis P Donnelly SJ (2010)

Pentecost: This Story is Our Story by Robert Menzies (2013)

The Handy Little Guide to Lent by Michelle Schroeder (2020)

The Promise of Lent Devotional: A 40-day Journey toward the Miracle of Easter by Chris Tiegreen (2018)

The Wonder of Advent Devotional: Experiencing the Love and Glory of the Christmas Season by Chris Tiegreen (2017)

Mass and Introduction to the First Church:

A Beginner’s Guide to the Traditional Latin Mass by Derya Little and Chris Lewis (2019)

A Biblical Walk Through the Mass (Book): Understanding What We Say and Do In The Liturgy by Edward Sri (2011)

A Short History of the Roman Mass by Michael Davies (1997)

Latin Mass Companion (2020)

Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy by Scott Hahn PhD (2005)

Mass Matters: Reflections of a Parish Priest by William J. Bausch (2019)

Memorize the Mass! by Kevin Vost (2016)

The Beauty Of The Mass: Exploring The Central Act Of Catholic Worship by Charles S. Johnston (2018)

The Holy Mass. The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ by St Alphonsus de Liguori (2020)

The How-To Book of the Mass: Everything You Need to Know but No One Ever Taught You by Micheal Dubruiel (2007)

The Incredible Catholic Mass: An Explanation of the Catholic Mass by Martin Von Cochem (1997)

Questions and Answers: Why? What? Who?

A Christian’s Guide to Evidence for the Bible: 101 Proofs from History and Archaeology by J. Daniel Hays (2020)

A Lutheran’s Case for Roman Catholicism: Finding a Lost Path Home by Robert C. Koons (2020)

Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic by David Currie (1996)

Catholic Traditions and Treasures: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Helen Hoffner (2018)

Consuming the Word: The New Testament and The Eucharist in the Early Church by Scott Hahn (2013)

Deathbed Conversions: Finding Faith at the Finish Line by Karen Edmisten (2013)

Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell (2017)

Faith of Our Fathers: Why the Early Christians Still Matter and Always Will by Mike Aquilina (2012)

Forty Anti-Catholic Lies: A Mythbusting Apologist Sets the Record Straight by Gerard Verschuuren (2018)

God’s World and Our Place in It by Fulton J. Sheen (2003)

How Can You Still Be Catholic?: 50 Answers to a Good Question by Christopher Sparks (2017)

Journeys Home by Marcus Grodi (1997)

Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri J.M. Nouwen (2009)

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (2015)

My Life on the Rock: A Rebel Returns to the Catholic Faith by Jeff Cavins (2000)

No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy by Fr. Donald Calloway (2019)

Now What?: A Guide for New (and Not-So-New) Catholics by Patrick Madrid (2015)

Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism by Scott Hahn Ph.D. and Kimberly Hahn (1993)

Something Greater is Here by Kenneth Howell (2015)

Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic by Patrick Madrid (2016)

Surprised by Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic. (v. 2) by Patrick Madrid (2000)

Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic (v. 3) by Patrick Madrid (2002)

The Big Hustle: A Boston Street Kid’s Story of Addiction and Redemption by Jim Wahlberg (2020)

The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections by Trent Horn (2017)

The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel (2016)

The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger by Lee Strobel (2014)

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel (2014)

The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Resurrection by Lee Strobel (2018)

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel (2014)

The Case for Grace: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives by Lee Strobel (2016)

The Case for Hope: Looking Ahead With Confidence and Courage by Lee Strobel (2015)

The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural by Lee Strobel (2018)

The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ by Lee Strobel (2009)

The Fathers of the Church by Mike Aquilina (2013)

The Miracles Answer Book (Answer Book Series) by Lee Strobel (2016)

The Protestant’s Dilemma: How the Reformation’s Shocking Consequences Point to the Truth of Catholicism by Devin Rose (2014)

The Shortest Leap: The Rational Underpinnings of Faith in Jesus by A.L. Van Den Herik (2020)

Waking Up Catholic: A Guide to Catholic Beliefs for Converts, Reverts, and Anyone Becoming Catholic by Chad R. Torgerson (2013)

What Catholics Really Believe–setting the Record Straight: 52 Answers to Common Misconceptions about the Catholic Faith by Karl Keating (1992)

What It Means to Be Catholic by Joseph M. Champlin (1986)

Why Be Catholic by Ken Geraci (2021)

Why I am a Catholic: An Exploration of Western Christianity by Edmond Ko (Kindle Edition) (2019)

Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love by Trent Horn (2017)

Without God: Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life by Zachary Bloom (2019)

The History of Catholicism and the First Church:

Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History by Rodney Stark (2017)

Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age by Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Diana Montagna (2019)

Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2017)

Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers by Andrew Louth (1987)

Great Orders of the Catholic Church From the Benedictines to the Carmelites by Henry Schnitker (2020)

Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God by Scott Hahn (2001)

Holy Men and Women from The Middle Ages and Beyond: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of The Hours by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2012)

I Will Build My Church: An Introduction to Ecclesiology (Formed in Christ) by Andrew Willard Jones (2019)

In the Beginning…’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Ressourcement: Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought (RRRCT) by Pope Benedict XVI (1995)

Jesus, Peter & the Keys: A Scriptural Handbook on the Papacy by David R. Hess, Norman Dahlgren, and Scott Butler (1996)

Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2015)

Scripture & the Mystery of the Mother of God (Catholic for a Reason) by Scott Hahn, Curtis A. Martin, Curtis J. Mitch, Tim Gray, Edward P. Sri, Leon J. Suprenant, Kimberly Hahn, Sean Innerst Jeff Cavins

The Apostolic Fathers: A New Translation (Lexham Classics) by Rick Brannan (2018)

The Beauty of Holiness and the Holiness of Beauty: Art, Sanctity, and the Truth of Catholicism by John Saward (1605)

The Catholic Faith: An Introduction to the Creeds Stephen Ray en Deacon Dennis Walters (2020)

The Complete Works of the Church Fathers: A total of 64 authors, and over 2,500 works of the Early Christian Church by The Church Fathers (2016)

The Confessions (The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century) by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustin (2002)

The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (The Origins of Catholicism Book 1) by Taylor Marshall (2009)

The Eternal City: Rome & the Origins of Catholic Christianity by Taylor Marshall (2012)

The Glories Of Mary by St Alphonsus de Liguori (2000)

The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine (Penguin Classics) by Eusebius and Andrew Louth (1990)

The Spirit of the Liturgy: Commemorative Edition by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2018)

The Story of the Church Textbook: From Pentecost to Modern Times by Philip Campbell (2020)

Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages: A Layman’s Quick Guide to Thomism by Taylor Marshall (2014)

An Introduction to Prayer:

A Layman’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours: How the Prayers of the Church Can Change Your Life by Fr. Timothy Gallagher (2019)

A Praying Life Discussion Guide: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Courtney Miller Sneed and Cyndi Anderson and Bob Allums (2017)

A School of Prayer: The Saints Show Us How to Pray by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2016)

A Short Treatise On Prayer: The Great Means Of Obtaining From God Eternal Salvation And All The Graces Of Which We Stand In Need by St Alphonsus de Liguori (2010)

Beginning a Praying Life by Paul E. Miller (2017)

Catholic Prayers: Compiled from Traditional Sources by Thomas A. Nelson (2009)

54 Day Rosary Novena Prayer Journal: Includes the Rosary Mystery Tracker and the Novena Countdown by Novena Journals (2020)

How to Pray: A Practical Guide to the Spiritual Life by David Torkington (2021)

Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone by James Martin (2021)

Mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries by Catherine Anne Emmerich (2019)

Prayer For Beginners by Peter Kreeft (2000)

Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within by Thomas DuBay (2002)

Station to Station: An Ignatian Journey through the Stations of the Cross by Gary Jansen (2017)

The Everyday Catholic’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours by Daria Sockey (2013)

The God Of Jesus Christ: Meditations on the Triune God by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2018)

The Miraculous 54 Day Rosary Novena To Our Lady: 54 Day Rosary Novena Prayer Guide by Christopher Hellenbeck (2019)

The Rosary in 50 Pages: The Layman’s Quick Guide to Mary’s Psalter by Taylor Marshall (2020)

Why we pray to God with Mary by William-Mariae Fonjun (C.M.A.)

Catechism: Biblical Study and Understanding

A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by Brant James Pitre (2018)

Always Have an Answer Ready: A Question-and-Answer Catechism to Help You Live Your Faith by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby STD (2019)

Annulment: A Guide for RCIA Candidates, Ministers, and Others by Kevin E. McKenna (2015)

Any Friend of God’s Is a Friend of Mine: A Biblical and Historical Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of the Communion of Saints by Patrick Madrid (1996)

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Trent Edition by The Roman Catholic Church (2003)

Catholic Bible Study Journal for Men by Drawn to Faith by Catholic Art Publishers (2018)

Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Church Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Peter Kreeft (2001)

Catholic Notetaking Bible by Our Sunday Visitor (2019)

Catholic Reader’s Bible: The Epistles and Revelation by Sophia Institute Press (2020)

Catholic Reader’s Bible: The Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles by Sophia Institute Press (2020)

Catholic Faith Overview by Frank Figliomeni (2016)

Believe Celebrate Live Pray: A Weekly Walk with the Catechism by Ph. D. Jem Sullivan (2020)

Bible Basics for Catholics: A New Picture of Salvation History by John Bergsma and Scott Hahn (2015)

General Principles of Sacramental Theology by Roger W. Nutt (2017)

In the Beginning…’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Ressourcement: Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought (RRRCT) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Boniface Ramsey (1995)

Introduction to the Bible: A Catholic Guide to Studying Scripture by Stephen J. Binz (2007)

Introduction to the Holy Bible for Traditional Catholics: A Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Scriptures for Spiritual Profit by Timothy S. Flanders (2019)

Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations (4 Volumes) by Anne Catherine Emmerich (2001)

My Personal Catholic Handbook by Frank Figliomeni (2021)

New Testament Basics for Catholics by John Bergsma (2015)

Psalm Basics for Catholics: Seeing Salvation History in a New Way (Bible Basics) by John Bergsma (2018)

That You Might Have Life: An Introduction to the Paschal Mystery of Christ (Formed in Christ) by Louis St. Hilaire (2019)

The Aquinas Catechism: A Simple Explanation of the Catholic Faith by the Church’s Greatest Theologian by Thomas Aquinas (2000)

The Augustine Catechism: The Enchiridion on Faith Hope and Charity (The Augustine Series) by Saint Augustine (2008)

The Bible Compass: A Catholic’s Guide to Navigating the Scriptures by Edward Sri (2009)

The Catholic Study Bible by Donald Senior (2016)

The Catholic Journaling Bible by Our Sunday Visitor (2020)

The Holy Bible RSV Catholic Edition – Burgundy by RSV-CE (2005)

The New City Catechism Devotional: God’s Truth for Our Hearts and Minds (The Gospel Coalition) by Collin Hansen (2017)

The New City Catechism: 52 Questions and Answers for Our Hearts and Minds (The Gospel Coalition) by Kathy Heller (2017)

The Seven Sacraments (Treasures of the Church) by Bob Lord and Penny Lord (2011)

The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (Thomistic Ressourcement) by Giles Emery (2011)

This Is the Faith: A Complete Explanation of the Catholic Faith by Canon Francis Ripley (1999)

Understanding Catholicism: Explanations of the Catholic Church for Non-Catholic Christians and Fallen Away Catholics by Hugh Murray (2018)

[Source: https://globalcatholicresourcecenter.com/literature-introduction-to-catholicism/]