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The updated edition of FAITH: FULL CIRCLE – The Religious Journey of a Baby-Boomer Afrikaner is now available as an eBook and Paperback on most international platforms, including all Draft2Digital retailers (e.g. Kobo, Smashwords, Vivlio, Thalia, etc.), all IngramSpark retailers (e.g. Waterstones, Blackwell’s, etc.) and Takealot in South Africa. The Paperback version can also be ordered at any bookshop using the Paperback ISBN number.
Paperback ISBN: 9780639781037
eBook ISBN: 9780639781044
Faith: Full Circle
This book began as an essay I wrote at the beginning of 2020 when we went into lockdown.
I shared the essay with Professor Izak Spangenberg, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of South Africa, and the founder of the Nuwe Hervorming Netwerk (New Reformation Network). He encouraged me to put the essay on the internet and expand on it in an autobiography. The project took on a life of its own, and in December 2021, I published the book’s first edition. The Updated Edition is now available.
The book is a story of dedication over the best part of a lifetime, born from an intense yearning to search, explore, discover and commit to a worthy cause.
The story begins in 1951 under the African sun, expands, intensifies and reaches a climax before it changes course, slowly and reluctantly at first, but then with a growing conviction that mushrooms to this day.
It is a story to help people break free from religious indoctrination and wishful thinking – a source of consolation to those feeling guilty when questioning the eternal truths proclaimed in ancient scriptures.
A story to help people break free from apathy and take the risk to start thinking for themselves – and then discover that our existence, on our “pale blue dot” (ala Carl Sagan), is filled with majestic awe and incredible wonder.
It also tries to give short answers to big questions, e.g:
a) Where does life on Earth come from and where will it go?
b) Where do you come from and where are you going to?