Unfollow : a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
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Williams Public Library - Non-Fiction
286.5 PHELPS-ROPER, MEGAN
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286.5 PHELPS-ROPER, MEGAN
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289 pages ; 24 cm
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At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As Phelps-Roper grew up, she saw that church members were close companions and accomplished debaters, applying the logic of predestination and the language of the King James Bible to everyday life with aplomb - which, as the church's Twitter spokeswoman, she learned to do with great skill. Soon, however, dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church's leaders and message: If humans were sinful and fallible, how could the church itself be so confident about its beliefs? As she digitally jousted with critics, she started to wonder if sometimes they had a point - and then she began exchanging messages with a man who would help change her life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Phelps-Roper, M. (2019). Unfollow: a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Phelps-Roper, Megan, 1986-. 2019. Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Phelps-Roper, Megan, 1986-. Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Phelps-Roper, Megan. Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
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