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http://www.goodreads.com/christianpiatt

born

October 07, 1971 in Dallas, The United States

gender

male

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http://www.christianpiatt.com

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Religion & Spirituality, Entertainment, Biographies & Memoirs

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A J Jacobs, Michael Lewis, Ann Lamott, John Krakauer, Christopher Moor...more

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June 2008

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I once heard a surgeon tell an author that he had always wanted to write a novel.

"That's funny," said the author, "I've always wanted to perform brain surgery."

Writing as a hobby is one thing; writing as a passionate obsession is entirely another; writing professionally is equal parts megalomania and masochism.

I started out writing arts reviews for a local paper, moving on to features and a few op-ed pieces after a while with some other publications. I picked up a few pieces for some magazines, and from there, got my opportunity to do a weekly column in the paper, a regular column in a national magazine and my first two books with a national publisher in the relatively short span of eighteen months.

It took me a decade of preparation to get...more

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Christian Piatt's Blog

Anti-Gay Worship, Pastor Worley and the Limits of Religious Free Speech

Words have gravity, and in certain contexts, the words we choose and employ have more weight than in others. I’m definitely sensitive to that when I see the traffic numbers on my blog. It’s a public forum, and literally anyone can see what I’ve said. The church pulpit is an equally heavy responsibility when it [...] read more »

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Books by Christian Piatt

Average rating: 4.24 · 46 ratings · 17 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Banned Questions about the Bible 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Banned Questions about Jesus 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	PregMANcy: A Dad, a Little Dude, and a Due Date 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Lost: A Search for Meaning 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	MySpace to Sacred Space: God for a New Generation 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Split Ticket: Independent Faith in a Time of Partisan Politics by Amy Gopp, Christian Piatt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brandon Gilvin (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”
― A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

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