Book #59571

Don't Call Me Brother: a Ringmaster's Escape from the Pentecostal Church

Austin Miles

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Publisher: Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1989.
ISBN: 0879755075

Price: $40.00

A Fine edition in a like dust-jacket, both the title page and the front cover of the dust-jacket bear a previous owner's embossed stamping.

Austin Miles's memoir Don't Call Me Brother is the story of his escape from the Pentecostal church, where he was raised. Miles was born into a devout family of Pentecostal preachers, but he began to question the teachings of his church after he experienced a religious awakening at the age of eighteen. He left the church and began to explore other spiritual paths, but he eventually realized that he needed to find a way to reconcile his faith with the the experiences he'd had outside of the church. Miles eventually found a new home within the secular world, but he never forgot his journey away from the Pentecostal church. In Don't Call Me Brother, Miles tells his story in a candid and humorous fashion, demonstrating the power of personal growth and self-discovery.; 8vo; 331 pages.