I just cut bait on this at page 40, not because it is not good, it seems well put together, but because it is not for me. This seems to be written for Christians who struggle with the decline of the traditional church, with the ways in which faith has been co-opted by those who turn politics and places for the preservation of patriarchy and white supremacy into faith (from Billy Graham to Joel Osteen) and for those who simply do not understand middle-America. I am Jewish. I was raised in the oppressive Christian = American suburban Detroit of the 1970's. I worked at a Christian college in rural Minnesota during the first reign of Trump (hopefully the only, but who knows.) I don't need middle-America explained to me, and I am not a Christian who believes in basic human dignity rather than whatever the hell we want to call the rageful White ugliness of Trump nation. (Have any of us forgotten the chants of "Jews will not replace us" shouted by MAGA hat-wearing mobs?) I do not feel distanced from a religion I love and where the fellowship I treasured has been replaced with ugliness and exclusion. If I were I think this would be a great book. It truly is me, not you God Land. I hope those who will grow from reading this book, or feel validated, will get their hands on a copy.