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Wishful Thinking: Finding Faith After You've Lost It

1h 6m · Faith and Feminism · 30 Apr 09:31

Donna Freitas wants to believe.Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of Christianity-- now she is trying to find her faith again.

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