Lives of the Apostates, The
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Collective Ink
Published:28th Jun '13
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In a Midwest college town, a Wiccan student named Lou finds himself forced into taking a History of Christian Thought class from a religion professor who spends his weekends preaching at the local Baptist church. Between shifts as a caretaker for mentally handicapped men Lou calls "the boys," he confronts his professor's story of Christian triumph with increasing anger. As tensions escalate, he turns to his roommate, a fellow Pagan with the unfortunate nickname of Grimey, and his coven-mate and crush, Lucy, for support. But Grimey is dealing with his own problems hiding his faith from his mother. In the course of a single night, the world collapses for Grimey and one of Lou's boys, and Lou finds himself standing up for himself and his beliefs.
I've long been an admirer of Eric Scott's nonfiction on paganism. His stories are so smart, so well told, I was surprised to learn that he would be publishing a novella. Now, having read it in one sitting, I'm glad Scott's writing 'pagan fiction,' too. Only, The Lives of the Apostates is more than that-at its best, it's a complication of belief and beliefs, the story of a clash between a student and a professor, between religion and reality, between a young man's faith and his circumstances. -- Jeff Sharlet
ISBN: 9781780999104
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
Weight: 666g
98 pages