Sarah Sentilles is an American author. Her four books include Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton, A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit, Breaking Up with God: A Love Story, and Draw Your Weapons. She has a Masters of Divinity and a doctorate in theology from Harvard Divinity School, studying under Gordon D. Kaufman.[1] She has addressed the struggles and triumphs particularly evident within the paradigm concerning the ordination of women in Christian ministry. She previously taught at California State University, Channel Islands and currently teaches at Pacific Northwest College of Art, in Portland, Oregon. Sentilles describes herself as an agnostic.[1] [2]

Her book Draw Your Weapons won the 2018 PEN Award for Creative Nonfiction.[3]

Published works

  • Taught by America: A Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton (Beacon, 2005)
  • A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit (Harcourt, 2008)
  • Breaking Up with God: A Love Story (HarperOne, 2011)[4]
  • Draw Your Weapons (Random House, 2017)
  • Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours (Random House, 2021)[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Sarah Sentilles. "Solid Ground for Agnostics". The New Humanism.
  2. ↑ Sarah Sentilles (11 November 2011). "Breaking Up with God: I Didn't Lose My Faith, I Left It". Religion Dispatches.
  3. ↑ "The 2018 Los Angeles Literary Award Winners, Finalists, and Judges". PEN America. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  4. ↑ Sarah Sentilles. "Breaking Up with God, A Love Story - the new book by author Sarah Sentilles". . Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Stranger Care by Sarah Sentilles: 9780593230046 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.


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